Active Advisories: Heat Advisory
Currently
Reported at Elkhart Municipal, IN
4:50 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012- 97°F36°C
Clear- Feels Like:97°F36°CDew Point:°F°CHumidity:N/A
Winds:S 6 mph 10 kph
Pressure:29.94 in1014 hPaVisibility:10.00 miles16090.00 meters
Heat Advisory
...RECORD HEAT LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING... .A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CAUSE VERY HOT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. UNDER SUNNY SKIES... TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN MID 90S LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING WITH PEAK HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 95 TO 100. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO FALL BY SUNSET. INZ003>006-008-009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077-078-OHZ004- 005-015-016-024-025-272300- /O.CON.KIWX.HT.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120527T2300Z/ LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-NOBLE-DE KALB-STARKE- PULASKI-MARSHALL-FULTON IN-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-WHITE- CASS IN-MIAMI-WABASH-HUNTINGTON-WELLS-ADAMS-GRANT-BLACKFORD-JAY- BERRIEN-CASS MI-DEFIANCE-HENRY-PAULDING-PUTNAM-VAN WERT-ALLEN OH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...KENDALLVILLE... LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...NORTH JUDSON... BASS LAKE...WINAMAC...FRANCESVILLE...MEDARYVILLE...PLYMOUTH... BREMEN...CULVER...ROCHESTER...AKRON...WARSAW...WINONA LAKE... SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...SOUTH WHITLEY... FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...MONTICELLO...BROOKSTON...MONON... LOGANSPORT...ROYAL CENTER...PERU...GRISSOM AFB...MEXICO... WABASH...NORTH MANCHESTER...HUNTINGTON...ROANOKE...BLUFFTON... OSSIAN...DECATUR...BERNE...MARION...GAS CITY...UPLAND... HARTFORD CITY...MONTPELIER...PORTLAND...DUNKIRK...NILES... BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS... MARCELLUS...DEFIANCE...SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON... DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE... OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...FORT JENNINGS...VAN WERT...DELPHOS... OHIO CITY...LIMA...SPENCERVILLE 413 PM EDT SUN MAY 27 2012 /313 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012/ ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EDT /6 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 90S LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING WITH PEAK HEAT INDEX READINGS BETWEEN 95 AND 100. IMPACTS... * ANYONE PLANNING TO BE OUTDOORS TODAY SHOULD TAKE EXTRA CARE TO STAY HYDRATED AND AVOID SUNBURN. THOSE WORKING OUTDOORS SHOULD TAKE FREQUENT RESTS IN SHADED AREAS. 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 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. &&
