Heat advisory continues through this evening for Joplin area

(From the National Weather Service)

HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHEAST KANSAS AND THE MISSOURI 
OZARKS THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM
NEAR 100 DEGREES AT SPRINGFIELD AND WEST PLAINS TO AROUND 105
DEGREES OVER FAR SOUTHWEST MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST KANSAS
INCLUDING THE JOPLIN...NEVADA...AND FORT SCOTT AREAS. HEAT INDEX
VALUES WILL RANGE FROM NEAR 100 TO AS HIGH AS 107 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...THIS EXTENDED PERIOD OF HOT WEATHER WILL LIKELY
INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES. YOUNG CHILDREN...
THE ELDERLY...AND THOSE WITHOUT ACCESS TO AIR CONDITIONING WILL
BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN
POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR
EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT
STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN
POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.