THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
428 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES

IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

BOND                  CLINTON               FAYETTE
MARION                MONTGOMERY            WASHINGTON

IN SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS

CALHOUN               GREENE                JERSEY
MACOUPIN              MADISON               MONROE
SAINT CLAIR

IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

ADAMS                 BROWN                 PIKE

IN MISSOURI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL MISSOURI

AUDRAIN               BOONE                 CALLAWAY
COLE                  MONITEAU              OSAGE

IN EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI

FRANKLIN              GASCONADE             JEFFERSON
LINCOLN               MONTGOMERY            SAINT CHARLES
SAINT LOUIS           SAINT LOUIS CITY      WARREN

IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

LEWIS                 MARION                MONROE
PIKE                  RALLS

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALTON, BELLEVILLE, BOWLING GREEN,
CAHOKIA, CENTRALIA, COLUMBIA, EDWARDSVILLE, FULTON, HANNIBAL,
JEFFERSON CITY, LITCHFIELD, MEXICO, MOUNT STERLING, PITTSFIELD,
QUINCY, SAINT CHARLES, SAINT LOUIS, SALEM, SULLIVAN, UNION,
VANDALIA, AND WASHINGTON.

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT
THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 107 EXPECTED DURING THE
AFTERNOON.

* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MISSOURI AND SOUTH CENTRAL
AND SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS.

* WHEN...FROM NOON TO 7 PM CDT MONDAY.

* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES TO OCCUR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT
OF THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. YOUNG
CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

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 LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE. 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.

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