Excessive Heat Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 1142 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012 ...VERY HOT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND... .HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY TODAY AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY. EXPECT TEMPERATURES TO RISE TO AROUND 100 DEGREES ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 65 CORRIDOR...WHEREAS POINTS TO THE EAST WILL SEE HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S. 052ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY- NELSON KY-LARUE KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-LOGAN KY- WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY... JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG... BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...TAYLORSVILLE...BARDSTOWN... HODGENVILLE...MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE... RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN 1142 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2012 /1042 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2012/ ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT /8 PM CDT/ SATURDAY... * HEAT INDEX VALUES...AT LEAST TO AROUND 105 DEGREES. * TIMING...EACH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FROM TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESS SUCH AS HEAT EXHAUSTION OR HEAT STROKE ARE A REAL THREAT. DEHYDRATION CAN OCCUR QUICKLY. 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 9 1 1.