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From: interwarn@xxxxxxxx Date: August 7, 2009 4:47:21 AM GMT-04:00 To: interwarn@xxxxxxxx Subject: Special Weather Statement Reply-To: interwarn@xxxxxxxx WWUS83 KILX 070845 SPSILX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 345 AM CDT FRI AUG 7 2009 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-072100- KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN- SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS- MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS- COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD- CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON... NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE... JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON... MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE 345 AM CDT FRI AUG 7 2009 ..HEAT WAVE EXPECTED THIS WEEKEND... A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL BUILD NORTHWARD ACROSS ILLINOIS BY SATURDAY. AS IT DOES...INCREASINGLY HOTTER AND MORE HUMID AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. TEMPERATURES THIS WEEKEND ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S DURING THE AFTERNOONS...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES PEAKING FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES. NOT MUCH RELIEF IS EXPECTED AT NIGHT...AS LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY DIP INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S. WITH THE UNUSUALLY COOL WEATHER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS...MANY AREAS HAVE NOT REACHED 90 DEGREES SINCE JUNE 27TH. AS PEOPLE MAY NO LONGER BE USED TO THE SUMMER HEAT...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR OVEREXERTION AND RESULTING HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. TRY TO AVOID SPENDING EXCESSIVE AMOUNTS OF TIME OUTSIDE THIS WEEKEND...ESPECIALLY DOING STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES. STAY IN AN AIR CONDITIONED AREA AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...AND CHECK UP ON NEIGHBORS AND RELATIVES WHO MAY NOT HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS UNATTENDED IN PARKED VEHICLES. THE HEAT WILL LIKELY LINGER INTO MONDAY ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF I-74 WHERE AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES COULD TOP 100 DEGREES. TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY LEVELS SHOULD THEN COOL BACK TO NORMAL DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. $$ 07 WWWW
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