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WWUS73 KILX 180758
NPWILX
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
258 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
ILZ027>031-037-038-043>046-055-057-190100-
/O.EXA.KILX.HT.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-250819T0100Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-
CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CLINTON, LACON, NORMAL, PARIS, EUREKA,
GALESBURG, BLOOMINGTON, MONTICELLO, DANVILLE, TOULON, PEKIN,
PEORIA, URBANA, CHAMPAIGN, AND TUSCOLA
258 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 DEGREES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, AND WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.
* WHEN...UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING IN YOUR HOME OR LACK SHELTER,
YOU CAN CALL 211 OR VISIT KEEPCOOL.ILLINOIS.GOV FOR ASSISTANCE
LOCATING APPROPRIATE SHELTER FROM THE HEAT.
ILZ036-040>042-047>054-056-061>063-066>068-071>073-190100-
/O.CON.KILX.HT.Y.0007.000000T0000Z-250819T0100Z/
FULTON-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-
CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-COLES-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-
JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF JACKSONVILLE, BEARDSTOWN, RUSHVILLE,
PETERSBURG, OLNEY, SHELBYVILLE, FLORA, SULLIVAN, CANTON, DECATUR,
ROBINSON, LINCOLN, WINCHESTER, GREENUP, MATTOON, NEWTON,
SPRINGFIELD, HAVANA, EFFINGHAM, CHARLESTON, MARSHALL,
TAYLORVILLE, AND LAWRENCEVILLE
258 AM CDT MON AUG 18 2025
..HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING
* WHAT...PEAK AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES 100 TO 105 DEGREES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, SOUTHEAST, AND WEST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS.
* WHEN...UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING IN YOUR HOME OR LACK SHELTER,
YOU CAN CALL 211 OR VISIT KEEPCOOL.ILLINOIS.GOV FOR ASSISTANCE
LOCATING APPROPRIATE SHELTER FROM THE HEAT.
ERWIN
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