...DANGEROUS HEAT IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IL INTO THIS WEEKEND...

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...HIGHS IN THE 90S DAILY, WITH HEAT INDEX REACHING
105 TO 110 DEGREES TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS.

* IMPACTS...THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT STRESS DURING
OUTDOOR EXERTION OR EXTENDED EXPOSURE. THE VERY YOUNG,
ELDERLY, THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING, AND THOSE
PARTICIPATING IN STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE MOST
SUSCEPTIBLE. VEHICLE INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES
IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. NEVER LEAVE PETS, CHILDREN OR THE
ELDERLY UNATTENDED IN PARKED VEHICLES. THE EXTENDED PERIOD OF
HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL WORSEN THE EFFECTS OF HEAT STRESS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
WATER, WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING, STAY IN AN
AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON
RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. WHEN POSSIBLE, RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS
ACTIVITIES TO THE EARLY MORNING OR EVENING HOURS.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED
LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY, CALL 9 1 1.

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