Stoddard County, Missouri - An Excessive Heat Warning from 12:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. Saturday, July 22nd has been issued by the National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky.

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 12:30PM CDT FRI UNTIL 8PM CDT SAT

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY...

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM SATURDAY TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY. A HEAT ADVISORY HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM SATURDAY TO 7 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE AREA COVERED BY THIS WARNING INCLUDES SOUTHEAST MISSOURI, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS, AND EXTREME WESTERN KENTUCKY FROM PADUCAH WEST.

* TIMING...TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...PEAK HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 110 TO 115 DEGREES TODAY AND SATURDAY. ON SUNDAY, ANTICIPATED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD LIMIT HEAT INDICES TO BETWEEN 100 AND 110. IN ADDITION, OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE ONLY IN THE MID 70S.

* TEMPERATURE...ACTUAL HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE MID 90S TODAY AND SATURDAY, AND THE LOWER 90S SUNDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK OF HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS. THE VERY YOUNG, THE ELDERLY, THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING, AND THOSE PARTICIPATING IN STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE. ALSO, CAR INTERIORS WILL REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS

... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS

...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.