HEAT INDICES OF 105 TO 110 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN KANSAS THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY.

IMPACTS…IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN…PERSONS OUTSIDE COULD SUFFER FROM HEAT EXHAUSTION AND POTENTIALLY HEAT STROKE. HEAT RELATED ILLNESS CAN BE LIFE THREATENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK. REMEMBER TO TAKE FREQUENT BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY…CALL 9 1 1.

TEMPERATURES WITHIN VEHICLES CAN BECOME LETHAL IN A FEW MINUTES.NEVER LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS IN VEHICLES. REMEMBER TO BEAT THE HEAT…CHECK THE BACKSEAT.

Here is the forecast for the Hutchinson area

FRIDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS NEAR 105. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS 75 TO 80. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH, GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE EVENING.

SATURDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS NEAR 105. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH, GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.

SATURDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 70S. SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH.

SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS NEAR 100. LOWS 75 TO 80.