Excessive Heat Watch Posted

FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...

EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE LOWER TO MID 90S ARE EXPECTED EACH
  DAY FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...WITH FRIDAY LIKELY TO SEE
  THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES. LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED AT
  NIGHT...WITH LOWS ONLY IN THE MID 70S.

* HEAT INDEX...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH TRIPLE DIGITS BY LATE
  MORNING EACH DAY. PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES AROUND 110 ARE LIKELY
  ON FRIDAY...AND WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 110 ON THURSDAY AND
  SATURDAY. SOME AREAS MAY SEE THESE HIGH VALUES LINGER INTO
  SUNDAY AS WELL...PRIMARILY EAST OF I-55.

* IMPACTS...THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES FOR
  PEOPLE WITH PROLONGED OUTDOOR EXPOSURE...OR WITHOUT ACCESS TO
  AIR CONDITIONING. THE ELDERLY...SMALL CHILDREN...AND PETS ARE
  ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE HEAT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND
HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN
WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY
IN AN AIR CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP
ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.