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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
142 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2025
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-081000-
/O.NEW.KTOP.HT.Y.0005.250808T1800Z-250809T0100Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CLAY CENTER, TOPEKA, EMPORIA, GREENLEAF,
WAMEGO, CLIFTON, FRANKFORT, BELLEVILLE, SABETHA, HIAWATHA,
SENECA, HOLTON, ABILENE, OTTAWA, LEBO, CONCORDIA, ALMA,
NORTONVILLE, HANOVER, OSAGE CITY, ESKRIDGE, MERIDEN, MCFARLAND,
COUNCIL GROVE, GRANTVILLE, GARNETT, HARVEYVILLE, LAWRENCE, VALLEY
FALLS, MARYSVILLE, LYNDON, HERINGTON, ST. MARYS, ALTA VISTA,
PAXICO, BURLINGAME, HORTON, BLUE RAPIDS, JUNCTION CITY,
CARBONDALE, OSKALOOSA, MAPLE HILL, BENNINGTON, MCLOUTH, LINN,
MANHATTAN, BURLINGTON, WASHINGTON, PERRY, MINNEAPOLIS, AND
OVERBROOK
142 PM CDT THU AUG 7 2025
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 108 EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL, AND
NORTHEAST KANSAS.
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM CDT FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
CRAMPS, HEAT EXHAUSTION, AND EVEN HEAT STROKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN OUTSIDE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE
FITTING CLOTHING. TRY TO LIMIT STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. TAKE ACTION WHEN YOU SEE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE.
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.
DO NOT LEAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS IN UNATTENDED VEHICLES. CAR
INTERIORS WILL REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
GRIESEMER
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