URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BINGHAMTON NY
855 AM EDT THU JUL 18 2013
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STEUBEN-CHEMUNG-BRADFORD-WYOMING-LACKAWANNA-LUZERNE-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…CORNING…HORNELL…ELMIRA…TOWANDA…SAYRE…TUNKHANNOCK…SCRANTON…WILKES-BARRE…HAZLETON
855 AM EDT THU JUL 18 2013
…HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BINGHAMTON HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* LOCATIONS…SUSQUEHANNA AND CHEMUNG RIVER VALLEYS
* HAZARDS…HEAT AND HUMIDITY WITH HEAT INDICES AROUND 100.
* TEMPERATURES…LOWER 90S.
* TIMING…THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING.
* IMPACTS…IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN…HEAT EXHAUSTION OR OTHER HEAT RELATED SYMPTOMS COULD OCCUR FOR THOSE DOING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THE VERY YOUNG AND ELDERLY ARE MOST AT RISK.
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 911.