Severe Thunderstorm Warning 146, NWS Indianapolis, IN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
1100 AM EST MON AUG 3 1987

...HEAT INDEX WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO ABOUT 115 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON...

THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES WELL UP INTO THE 90S ALONG WITH HIGH
HUMIDITIES WILL PUSH THE HEAT INDEX TO VALUES FROM 105 TO 115 DEGREES
THIS AFTERNOON.

TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 90S IN MOST AREAS OF THE STATE TO
NEAR 100 IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE STATE. HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL
RANGE FROM AROUND 105 DEGREES IN MOST AREAS TO NEAR 115 DEGREES IN THE
SOUTHWEST.

THE HEAT INDEX TAKES INTO ACCOUNT BOTH THE TEMPERATURE AND THE HUMIDITY.
IT CAN BE THOUGHT OF AS THE APPARENT TEMPERATURE...OR WHAT IT FEELS LIKE
THE TEMPERATURE IS. FOR EXAMPLE...A RELATIVE HUMIDITY OF 50 PERCENT
COMBINED WITH A TEMPERATURE OF 95 DEGREES WOULD ACTUALLY FEEL MORE LIKE
105 DEGREES.
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PEOPLE WHO MUST GO OUT IN THE HEAT ARE ADVISED TO DRESS LIGHTLY AND
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS TO PREVENT SUNSTROKE...HEAT CRAMPS...OR HEAT
EXHAUSTION. HEAVY SWEATING...A HIGH PULSE RATE...AND SHALLOW BREATHING
ARE SIGNS OF HEAT WEAKNESS. OTHER SIGNS INCLUDE HEADACHE...CRAMPS IN
FINGERS...LEGS...OR ABDOMINAL MUSCLES...AND POOR APPETITE.

COOLER AIR WILL BEGIN TO ARRIVE IN NORTHWEST INDIANA TUESDAY
MORNING AND IN SOUTHERN INDIANA LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL
END THE HOT SPELL.
STEIGERWALDT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...INDIANA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA
1132 AM EST MON AUG 3 1987

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON
AND TONIGHT. THE CHANCES WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN
THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE.
STEIGERWALDT