EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /11 PM EDT/ FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, WINNEBAGO-BOONE-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-LA SALLE-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- IROQUOIS-FORD-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...OREGON...DIXON... DEKALB...OTTAWA...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...PAXTON... MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...FOWLER

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL 
401 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2012 


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WINNEBAGO-BOONE-OGLE-LEE-DE KALB-LA SALLE-KANKAKEE-LIVINGSTON- 
IROQUOIS-FORD-NEWTON-JASPER-BENTON- 
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCKFORD...BELVIDERE...OREGON...DIXON... 
DEKALB...OTTAWA...KANKAKEE...PONTIAC...WATSEKA...PAXTON... 
MOROCCO...RENSSELAER...FOWLER 
401 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2012 /501 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012/ 


...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /11 PM EDT/ 
FRIDAY... 


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHICAGO HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE 
HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT /11 PM EDT/ 
FRIDAY. THE HEAT ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 


* TEMPERATURES...ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL TOP OUT IN THE 100 TO 
105 DEGREE RANGE AT MOST LOCATIONS ACROSS THE AREA. LOWS TONIGHT 
AND THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE 75 TO 80 DEGREE RANGE. 


* HEAT INDICES...AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 
108 TO 118 DEGREE RANGE BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. NIGHTTIME HEAT 
INDICES WILL ALSO BE ELEVATED TONIGHT AND THURSDAY NIGHT WITH 
HEAT INDEX READINGS ONLY LOWERING TO THE 75-80 DEGREE RANGE 
DURING THE LATE OVERNIGHT AND PREDAWN HOURS. 


* OTHER...AN AIR QUALITY ALERT HAS BEEN DECLARED BY THE ILLINOIS 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FOR TODAY AND THURSDAY FOR 
NORTHEAST ILLINOIS AND FAR NORTHWEST INDIANA. EXPOSURE TO 
ELEVATED OZONE AND PARTICULATE LEVELS WILL ONLY SERVE TO 
INCREASE STRESSES ON THE BODY...ESPECIALLY FOR THE VERY YOUNG 
AND ELDERLY...AS WELL AS PEOPLE WITH PULMONARY OR RESPIRATORY 
DISEASE. ANYONE IN THESE GROUPS SHOULD LIMIT EXPOSURE TO OUTDOOR 
AIR. 


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 A LIFE THREATENING EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. 


AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF 
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT 
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL 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.