Berrien; Branch; Cass; Hillsdale; St. Joseph
Excessive Heat Warning issued Monday, July 02 at 4:01 p.m. EDT until July 07 at 8:00 p.m. EDT by NWS
ANOTHER HEAT WAVE TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS WEEK... .A HOT AIRMASS OVER THE PLAINS TODAY WILL SHIFT SLOWLY EASTWARD THIS WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS OUR AREA WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S WITH LOWS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE HEAT INDEX WILL PEAK AROUND 100 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS PERIOD.
A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA OVER THE WEEKEND...BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES BY SUNDAY. EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT HAS A CUMULATIVE EFFECT...THE LONGER THE HEAT PERSISTS...THE GREATER THE DANGER. THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG CHILDREN ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE EFFECTS OF THE HEAT. ALSO SOME PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO REMAIN WITHOUT POWER DUE TO RECENT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH ESTIMATES THAT POWER WILL REMAIN OUT FOR PORTIONS OF THIS AREA UNTIL THIS WEEKEND. PEOPLE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING IN THEIR HOME SHOULD TRY TO SPEND AT LEAST A PORTION OF EACH DAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENT. ...
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM Noon EDT / TUESDAY TO 8 p.m./ SATURDAY
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