Active Advisories: Heat Advisory Air Quality Alert
Currently
Reported at Columbus / Bakalar, IN
4:50 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012- 90°F32°C
Fair- Feels Like:92°F33.333333333333°CDew Point:64°F°CHumidity:43%
Winds:SW 7 mph 11 kph
Pressure:29.99 in1016 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters
Heat Advisory
...HOT TEMPERATURES CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING... .A STRONG UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES WILL ALLOW THE HEAT TO CONTINUE. HEAT INDEX VALUES NEAR 100 DEGREES WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. INZ021-028>031-035>049-051>057-060>065-067>072-280000- /O.CON.KIND.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120528T0000Z/ CARROLL-WARREN-TIPPECANOE-CLINTON-HOWARD-FOUNTAIN-MONTGOMERY- BOONE-TIPTON-HAMILTON-MADISON-DELAWARE-RANDOLPH-VERMILLION-PARKE- PUTNAM-HENDRICKS-MARION-HANCOCK-HENRY-VIGO-CLAY-OWEN-MORGAN- JOHNSON-SHELBY-RUSH-SULLIVAN-GREENE-MONROE-BROWN-BARTHOLOMEW- DECATUR-KNOX-DAVIESS-MARTIN-LAWRENCE-JACKSON-JENNINGS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LAFAYETTE...FRANKFORT...KOKOMO... CRAWFORDSVILLE...ANDERSON...MUNCIE...INDIANAPOLIS...TERRE HAUTE... SHELBYVILLE...BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...BEDFORD... SEYMOUR 323 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS: THOSE PLANNING TO SPEND TIME OUTDOORS TODAY SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CARE TO AVOID SUNBURN AND DEHYDRATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS 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. &&
Air Quality Alert
INZ037-039-046-048-051-053>056-061-062-064-067-071-280015- BOONE-HAMILTON-HENDRICKS-HANCOCK-VIGO-OWEN-MORGAN-JOHNSON-SHELBY- GREENE-MONROE-BARTHOLOMEW-KNOX-JACKSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TERRE HAUTE...SHELBYVILLE... BLOOMINGTON...COLUMBUS...VINCENNES...SEYMOUR 701 PM EDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...AN OZONE ACTION DAY HAS BEEN DECLARED... THE OFFICIALS AT THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT HAVE CALLED FOR AN OZONE ACTION DAY ON SUNDAY...MAY 27TH FOR THE FOLLOWING INDIANA COUNTIES... HAMILTON...HANCOCK...SHELBY...JOHNSON...MORGAN...GREENE...MONROE... OWEN...HENDRICKS...BOONE...VIGO...JACKSON...BARTHOLOMEW AND KNOX. AN OZONE ACTION DAY MEANS THAT A COMBINATION OF THE HIGH TEMPERATURES...LIGHT WINDS...AND OTHER FACTORS...ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE CONDITIONS WHERE HIGH LEVELS OF OZONE EMISSIONS...MAY EXCEED FEDERALLY MANDATED STANDARDS. HERE ARE SOME RECOMMENDED ACTIONS THAT THE PUBLIC CAN TAKE TO REDUCE OZONE FORMING EMISSIONS. RIDE THE BUS INSTEAD OF TAKING YOUR CAR. CAR-POOL WITH A FRIEND OR CO-WORKER. REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT IN DRIVE THRU LANES. POSTPONE FILLING OR TOPPING OFF YOUR GAS TANK UNTIL AFTER DARK. PUT OFF MOWING YOUR LAWN UNTIL AFTER 600 PM.
