...DANGEROUS HEAT ARRIVES IN MIDWEST...

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 PM
CDT SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THURSDAY TO 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TEMPERATURE...HIGHS IN THE MID 90S DAILY, WITH HEAT INDEX
REACHING 105 TO 110.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT STRESS DURING
OUTDOOR EXERTION OR EXTENDED EXPOSURE. THE VERY YOUNG, ELDERLY,
THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING, AND THOSE PARTICIPATING IN
STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE. ALSO,
CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF
MINUTES. NEVER LEAVE PETS, CHILDREN OR THE ELDERLY UNATTENDED IN
PARKED VEHICLES. THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY
WILL WORSEN THE EFFECTS OF HEAT STRESS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF THE SUN, AND
CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

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.

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.

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