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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
153 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2025
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-090100-
/O.CON.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 HERINGTON, COUNCIL GROVE, OSKALOOSA,
ALMA, GREENLEAF, SENECA, GRANTVILLE, PERRY, JUNCTION CITY, MAPLE
HILL, ALTA VISTA, OVERBROOK, EMPORIA, MERIDEN, HARVEYVILLE,
MCLOUTH, HOLTON, MCFARLAND, CLAY CENTER, HORTON, FRANKFORT,
GARNETT, LEBO, BENNINGTON, NORTONVILLE, HANOVER, CLIFTON,
HIAWATHA, MINNEAPOLIS, BURLINGTON, MANHATTAN, BLUE RAPIDS, OSAGE
CITY, WASHINGTON, OTTAWA, CARBONDALE, LAWRENCE, SABETHA,
BELLEVILLE, ESKRIDGE, PAXICO, BURLINGAME, TOPEKA, ST. MARYS,
LYNDON, MARYSVILLE, WAMEGO, ABILENE, LINN, VALLEY FALLS, AND
CONCORDIA
153 AM CDT FRI AUG 8 2025
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 103 TO 109 EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL, AND
NORTHEAST KANSAS.
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* 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.
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