Cape Girardeau, MO Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

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

* WHAT...Heat index values up to 107 expected.

* WHERE...Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, New Madrid, Scott,
Stoddard and Wayne Counties in southeast Missouri

Alexander, Jackson, Johnson, Massac, Pope, Pulaski, Union and
Williamson Counties in southern Illinois

Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Hickman, Fulton, Graves, Livingston,
McCracken, and Marshall Counties in western Kentucky

* WHEN...From noon today to 7 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...High heat index values are also expected on
Thursday and another advisory is likely.

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.

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