Excessive Heat Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 952 AM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON- CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS- MONTGOMERY-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-ADAMS-SCIOTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG... RISING SUN...VEVAY...CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON... INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH... BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...DAYTON... CINCINNATI...MILFORD...GEORGETOWN...WEST UNION...PORTSMOUTH 952 AM EDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... * LOCATIONS...PARTS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY... AND SOUTHERN OHIO...INCLUDING MONTGOMERY COUNTY IN OHIO. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 106 DUE TO TEMPERATURES AROUND 100... AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 60S. * TIMING...THE HIGHEST HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...HEAT STROKE... HEAT EXHAUSTION AND OTHER HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IF YOU SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME OUTDOORS...OR ARE INVOLVED IN ANY STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. 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.