Stoddard County, Missouri - The National Weather Service in Paducah, Kentucky has issued a Heat Advisory from 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 4th to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 5th for Stoddard County, Missouri.

...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 8 PM CDT THURSDAY...

* HEAT INDEX...PEAKING FROM 102 TO 110 DEGREES WEDNESDAY, INDEPENDENCE DAY AFTERNOON, AND AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AN INCREASED RISK OF HEAT RELATED STRESS AND 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 CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS

... THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

GIVEN THE NUMBER OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THE 4TH OF JULY, THE CONCERN FOR HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES IS ONLY HEIGHTENED.

TAKE EXTRA CARE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THE HEAT WILL BE STIFLING FOR THOSE OUTDOORS, WITH LITTLE RELIEF IN THE SHADE EXPECTED, AS VERY LIGHT WIND IS FORECAST. SPEND AS MUCH TIME INDOORS IN AIR CONDITIONING AS YOU CAN.

ONLY MINOR RELIEF IS ANTICIPATED AT SUNSET, THROUGH ABOUT 10 P.M. AS HEAT INDICES WILL STILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S THE EVENING OF THE 4TH.