Omaha, NE Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...EXTREME HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING FOR SOUTHWEST IOWA AND THE OMAHA METRO...

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 108
possible in southwest Iowa and the Omaha metro.

* WHERE...In Iowa, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, and
Pottawattamie Counties. In Nebraska, Douglas and Sarpy Counties.

* WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Tuesday evening.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Heat indices overnight fall only into the
mid-70s preventing uncooled homes from dispersing the day's heat.
The dangerous heat may linger well past Tuesday through much of the
work week.

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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