Heat Advisory-Noon Monday until Tuesday Night

Heat Advisory

Expiring:

07/17/2012 09:00pm

Areas affected:

Dodge, WI; Jefferson, WI; Kenosha, WI; Milwaukee, WI; Ozaukee, WI; Racine, WI; Sheboygan, WI; Walworth, WI; Washington, WI; Waukesha, WI

URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
408 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012
…ANOTHER ROUND OF HOT WEATHER RETURNING…
.SOUTHWEST WINDS FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL PULL HOT AIR BACK
INTO SOUTHERN WISCONSIN.
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MARQUETTE-GREEN LAKE-FOND DU LAC-SHEBOYGAN-SAUK-COLUMBIA-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-OZAUKEE-IOWA-DANE-JEFFERSON-WAUKESHA-MILWAUKEE-
LAFAYETTE-GREEN-ROCK-WALWORTH-RACINE-KENOSHA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…MONTELLO…BERLIN…FOND DU LAC…
SHEBOYGAN…BARABOO…PORTAGE…WISCONSIN DELLS…BEAVER DAM…
WEST BEND…PORT WASHINGTON…DODGEVILLE…MADISON…JEFFERSON…
LAKE MILLS…WAUKESHA…BROOKFIELD…MILWAUKEE…DARLINGTON…
MONROE…JANESVILLE…BELOIT…ELKHORN…LAKE GENEVA…RACINE…
KENOSHA
408 AM CDT SUN JUL 15 2012
…HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
HEAT ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 9 PM CDT
TUESDAY.
* TIMING…NOON MONDAY TO 9 PM TUESDAY.
* TEMPERATURE…MAXIMUM DAYTIME AIR TEMPERATURES PEAKING IN THE 97
TO 102 RANGE WITH HEAT INDICES WILL REACH THE 100 TO 108 RANGE.
MONDAY NIGHT WILL REMAIN MUGGY.
* IMPACTS…HEAT STRESS MAY AFFECT HIGH-RISK PEOPLE WITH HEALTH
PROBLEMS…THE YOUNG…AND THE ELDERLY. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY ISOLATED WITH NO ACCESS TO AIR-
CONDITIONING OR TRANSPORTATION TO AIR-CONDITIONED BUILDINGS OR
COOLING CENTERS. PETS AND FARM ANIMALS ARE ALSO AT RISK.
BUCKLING AND CRACKING OF SOME ROAD SURFACES POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A HEAT ADVISORY IS ISSUED WHEN HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH RELATIVE
HUMIDITY WILL CAUSE HEAT INDEX READINGS TO REACH 100 OR HIGHER
DURING THE DAY. UNDER THESE CONDITIONS…HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES
ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS…STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED
ROOM…STAY OUT OF THE SUN…AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND
NEIGHBORS.