Heat advisory issued for Thursday for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-067-077-078-088-093-101-111200-
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BOURBON-CRAWFORD-CHEROKEE-VERNON-ST. CLAIR-BARTON-CEDAR-JASPER-
NEWTON-MCDONALD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FORT SCOTT...PAWNEE STATION...
CHICOPEE...LONE OAK...PITTSBURG...BAXTER SPRINGS...LOWELL...
RIVERTON...COLUMBUS...NEUTRAL...SHERWIN...STIPPVILLE...NEVADA...
TIFFIN...APPLETON CITY...JOHNSON CITY...KENOMA...LAMAR...
CEDAR SPRINGS...EL DORADO SPRINGS...FILLEY...ARNICA...
CAPLINGER MILLS...STOCKTON...JOPLIN...CARTHAGE...NEOSHO...
ANDERSON...NOEL...GOODMAN...SOUTH WEST CITY...PINEVILLE...
ROCKY COMFORT
227 PM CDT WED AUG 10 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S
  COMBINED WITH A VERY HUMID AIRMASS WILL PRODUCE HEAT INDEX
  VALUES IN THE 104 TO 110 RANGE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH
  HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL INCREASE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAT RELATED
  ILLNESSES.

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.