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.HOT AFTERNOON AND EVENING TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH HIGH
HUMIDITY TO CREATE PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 DEGREES
THROUGH TUESDAY ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST IOWA. VERY LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED AT
NIGHT WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT TUESDAY...
* WEATHER CONDITIONS...HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 DEGREES ARE
EXPECTED DURING THE DAYLIGHT HOURS THROUGH TUESDAY. NIGHTTIME
WILL BRING LITTLE RELIEF...AS TEMPERATURES ONLY FALL INTO THE
70S.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS
EXPECTED. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME
OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY
MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT
EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING
CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. CHECK UP ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...AND DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES.
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS
IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY
HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE
IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.