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Excessive Heat Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 15, 201135 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 15, 2011, 3:03 PM CDT for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Jul 17, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days. 21 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2011, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 17, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 24, 2011, 3:02 PM CDT
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
All 35 counties

Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 19, 4:05 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD3 W Oakwood, IL
Jul 19, 4:15 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 Nw Catlin, IL
Jul 19, 5:36 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD2 E Downs, IL
Jul 19, 5:36 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDCooksville, IL
Jul 19, 5:42 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 0Paris, ILWATER OVER NUMEROUS ROADS IN TOWN.
Jul 19, 5:52 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUD1 N Morton, IL
Jul 19, 6:05 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDEast Peoria, IL
Jul 19, 6:05 PM CDTFUNNEL CLOUDWashington, IL
Jul 19, 6:40 PM CDTHAIL 0.75Cooksville, IL
Jul 19, 7:00 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 3Paris, ILRAINFALL OF 2.5 TO 3 INCHES REPORTED IN AND JUST SOUTH OF PARIS BETWEEN 5 PM AND 7 PM TUESDAY.
Jul 24, 7:45 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.58E Bradford, ILTOTAL IN PAST 60 MINUTES.
Jul 24, 7:45 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.58Bradford, ILRAINFALL IN THE PAST HOUR.
Jul 24, 9:00 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 1.92Varna, ILRAINFALL IN THE PAST 2 HOURS.
Jul 24, 11:00 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 0.87Virginia, ILRAINFALL IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES.
Jul 24, 11:00 AM CDTHEAVY RAIN 0.88Rushville, ILRAINFALL IN APPOXIMATELY 30 MINUTES...FROM SWOP
Jul 24, 12:20 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 2.332 S Philadelphia, IL
Jul 24, 12:50 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 1.215 W Lincoln, ILRAINFALL IN APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES.
Jul 24, 1:00 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 0.953 W Robinson, ILRAINFALL IN THE PAST 45 MINUTES.
Jul 24, 2:00 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 5.053 W Birds, ILSTORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION REPORT...STILL RAINING. CORRECTED AMOUNT.
Jul 24, 2:00 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 5.253 W Birds, ILSTORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION REPORT...STILL RAINING.
Jul 24, 3:00 PM CDTHEAVY RAIN 1.03Eureka, IL

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 46 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2011-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -9 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1351 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

345 
WWUS73 KILX 152003
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
303 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RETURN TO CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS NEXT WEEK...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-160400-
/O.UPG.KILX.EH.A.0001.110717T1200Z-110722T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KILX.EH.W.0002.110717T1200Z-110723T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
303 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM CDT
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM CDT
FRIDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TEMPERATURE...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE LOWER 90S BY
  SUNDAY...THEN WILL REACH THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 90S FOR NEXT WEEK.
  DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 70S WILL COMBINE WITH THE HEAT
  TO CREATE HEAT INDEX VALUES OF BETWEEN 105 TO 115 DEGREES SUNDAY
  THROUGH FRIDAY.

* IMPACTS...HEAT STRESS OR HEAT STROKE WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
  THE PERIOD...ESPECIALLY IF YOU SPEND SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
  TIME OUTDOORS OR ARE INVOLVED IN ANY STRENUOUS ACTIVITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS
SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED
ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL
AND SHADED LOCATION. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT
EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1
1.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT
AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR- CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY.

YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN
VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING
WARM OR HOT WEATHER WHEN CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL
TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

&&

$$

AUTEN
33 follow-up statements
412 
WWUS73 KILX 160349
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1049 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

...MASSIVE HEAT WAVE STILL ON TAP OVER THE AREA NEXT WEEK...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-160900-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.110717T1200Z-110723T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
1049 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO
7 PM CDT FRIDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO
7 PM CDT FRIDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE/HEAT INDEX...THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE
  90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS
  HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 115 DEGREES.

* IMPACTS...ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF TIME OUTDOORS
  OR ARE INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
  SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE-THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

CHURCHILL
145 
WWUS73 KILX 160832
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
332 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY SUNDAY THROUGH NEXT WEEK...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-161700-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.110717T1200Z-110723T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
332 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO
7 PM CDT FRIDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO
7 PM CDT FRIDAY. 

* TEMPERATURE/HEAT INDEX...THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN 
  THE 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S WILL PRODUCE 
  DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 115 DEGREES. 

* IMPACTS...ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF TIME OUTDOORS 
  OR ARE INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE-THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

25
068 
WWUS73 KILX 161659
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1159 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE UPCOMING
WEEK...

.A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL INTENSIFY OVER THE
MIDDLE OF THE NATION...AND VERY SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD OUT OF THE
PLAINS. HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BUILD EASTWARD...AND WILL ENGULF
MUCH OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
WILL BEGIN TO FEEL THE HEAT INCREASING ON SUNDAY...WITH OPPRESSIVE
HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED FROM MONDAY ONWARD. 

CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS HEAT WAVE SHOULD LAST THROUGHOUT
THE WEEK. 

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-162200-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.110717T1200Z-110723T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
1159 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO
7 PM CDT FRIDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO
7 PM CDT FRIDAY. 

* THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN
  THE MID TO UPPER 70S...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES
  OF 105 TO 115 DEGREES FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING EACH
  DAY.

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH
  DAY THE HEAT LASTS. ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF TIME
  OUTDOORS...OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT
  ILLNESSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$
GEELHART
850 
WWUS73 KILX 161950
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
250 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE UPCOMING
WEEK...

.A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL INTENSIFY OVER THE
MIDDLE OF THE NATION...AND VERY SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD OUT OF THE
PLAINS. HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BUILD EASTWARD...AND WILL ENGULF
MUCH OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
WILL BEGIN TO FEEL THE HEAT INCREASING ON SUNDAY...WITH
OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED FROM MONDAY ONWARD.

CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS HEAT WAVE SHOULD LAST
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-170400-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.110717T1200Z-110723T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
250 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO
7 PM CDT FRIDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO
7 PM CDT FRIDAY. 

* THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN
  THE MID TO UPPER 70S...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES
  OF 105 TO 115 DEGREES FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING EACH
  DAY.

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT LASTS. ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 
  TIME OUTDOORS...OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT 
  ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

AUTEN
424 
WWUS73 KILX 170159
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
859 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE UPCOMING
WEEK...

.A LARGE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL INTENSIFY OVER THE
MIDDLE OF THE NATION...AND VERY SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD OUT OF THE
PLAINS. HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL BUILD EASTWARD...AND WILL ENGULF
MUCH OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
WILL BEGIN TO FEEL THE HEAT INCREASING ON SUNDAY...WITH
OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED FROM MONDAY ONWARD.

CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS HEAT WAVE SHOULD LAST
THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-171100-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.110717T1200Z-110723T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
859 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO
7 PM CDT FRIDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO
7 PM CDT FRIDAY. 

* THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN 
  THE MID TO UPPER 70S...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX 
  VALUES OF 105 TO 115 DEGREES FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY 
  EVENING EACH DAY. 

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT LASTS. ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 
  TIME OUTDOORS...OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT 
  ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

SHIMON
188 
WWUS73 KILX 170739
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
239 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE UPCOMING
WEEK...

.A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE NATION WILL SLOWLY
DRIFT EASTWARD OUT OF THE PLAINS EARLY THIS WEEK . HEAT AND
HUMIDITY WILL BUILD EASTWARD...AND WILL ENGULF MUCH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE MIDWEST. CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS WILL
BEGIN TO FEEL THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY INCREASING TODAY...WITH OPPRESSIVE
HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED FROM MONDAY ONWARD.

CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS HEAT WAVE WILL LAST THROUGHOUT THE
WEEK.

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-171545-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.110717T1200Z-110723T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
239 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS
MORNING TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. 

* THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN 
  THE MID TO UPPER 70S...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX 
  VALUES OF 105 TO 115 DEGREES FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY 
  EVENING EACH DAY. 

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT LASTS. ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 
  TIME OUTDOORS...OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT 
  ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

BARKER
084 
WWUS73 KILX 171505
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1005 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...

.A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE NATION WILL
SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD OUT OF THE PLAINS EARLY THIS WEEK. HEAT AND
HUMIDITY WILL BUILD EASTWARD...AND WILL ENGULF MUCH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE MIDWEST. CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
WILL BEGIN TO FEEL THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY INCREASING TODAY...WITH
OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED FROM MONDAY ONWARD.

CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS HEAT WAVE WILL LAST THROUGHOUT
THE WEEK.

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-172100-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110723T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
1005 AM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
FRIDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
FRIDAY. 

* THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN 
  THE MID TO UPPER 70S...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX 
  VALUES OF 105 TO 115 DEGREES FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY 
  EVENING EACH DAY. 

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT LASTS. ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 
  TIME OUTDOORS...OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT 
  ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$
GEELHART
193 
WWUS73 KILX 171936
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
236 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...

.A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE NATION WILL
SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD OUT OF THE PLAINS EARLY THIS WEEK. HEAT AND
HUMIDITY WILL BUILD EASTWARD...AND WILL ENGULF MUCH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE MIDWEST. CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
HAS BEGUN TO FEEL THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY TODAY. HOWEVER...HIGHER
HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED FROM MONDAY ONWARD.

CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS HEAT WAVE WILL LAST THROUGHOUT
THE WEEK.

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-180400-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110723T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
236 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
FRIDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
FRIDAY. 

* THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN 
  THE MID TO UPPER 70S...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX 
  VALUES OF 105 TO 115 DEGREES FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY 
  EVENING EACH DAY. 

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT LASTS. ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 
  TIME OUTDOORS...OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT 
  ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

AUTEN
473 
WWUS73 KILX 180435
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1135 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...

.A HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE NATION WILL
SLOWLY DRIFT EASTWARD OUT OF THE PLAINS EARLY THIS WEEK. HEAT AND
HUMIDITY WILL BUILD EASTWARD...AND WILL ENGULF MUCH OF THE
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE MIDWEST. CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS HAS BEGUN TO FEEL THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY TODAY. HOWEVER...
HIGHER HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED FROM MONDAY ONWARD.

CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS HEAT WAVE WILL LAST THROUGHOUT
THE WEEK.

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-181200-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110723T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
1135 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
FRIDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
FRIDAY. 

* THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN 
  THE MID TO UPPER 70S...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX 
  VALUES OF 105 TO 115 DEGREES FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY 
  EVENING EACH DAY. 

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT LASTS. ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 
  TIME OUTDOORS...OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT 
  ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

SHIMON
928 
WWUS73 KILX 180838
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
338 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE WEEK...

.A VERY HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS OVER THE MIDDLE OF THE NATION WILL
DRIFT EASTWARD OUT OF THE PLAINS AND INTO ILLINOIS THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS HAS BEGUN TO FEEL THE
OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY EARLY THIS WEEK. HOWEVER...HIGHER
HEAT AND HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THE
REST OF THE WEEK. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS HEAT WAVE
WILL LAST THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-182030-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110723T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
338 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
FRIDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
FRIDAY. 

* THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN
  THE MID TO UPPER 70S...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES
  OF 105 TO 115 DEGREES FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING EACH
  DAY...AND BE HIGHEST FROM 2 TO 6 PM.

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT LASTS. ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 
  TIME OUTDOORS...OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT 
  ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

KH
805 
WWUS73 KILX 181945
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
245 PM CDT MON JUL 18 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK AND INTO
THE WEEKEND...

.A VERY HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN SLOWLY
DRIFT INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN US. CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS HAS
ALREADY BEGUN TO FEEL THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY TODAY.
HOWEVER...HIGHER HEAT AND HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED FROM
TUESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT
THIS HEAT WAVE WILL LAST THROUGH THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-190400-
/O.EXT.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
245 PM CDT MON JUL 18 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SATURDAY...

THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY. 

* THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN
  THE MID TO UPPER 70S...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES
  OF 105 TO 115 DEGREES FROM EARLY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING EACH
  DAY. 

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT LASTS. ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 
  TIME OUTDOORS...OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT 
  ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

AUTEN
759 
WWUS73 KILX 190248
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
948 PM CDT MON JUL 18 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEK AND INTO
THE WEEKEND...

.A VERY HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AND THEN SLOWLY
DRIFT INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN US. CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
HAVE ALREADY FELT THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY ON MONDAY.
HOWEVER...HIGHER HEAT AND HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED FROM
TUESDAY THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT
THIS HEAT WAVE WILL LAST THROUGH THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-191100-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
948 PM CDT MON JUL 18 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY. 

* THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN 
  THE MID TO UPPER 70S...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX 
  VALUES OF 105 TO 115 DEGREES FROM EARLY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY 
  EVENING EACH DAY. 

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT LASTS. ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 
  TIME OUTDOORS...OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT 
  ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

SHIMON
352 
WWUS73 KILX 190840
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
340 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND...

.A VERY HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY INTO THIS WEEKEND. CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS HAVE ALREADY FELT THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY ON
MONDAY. HOWEVER...HIGHER HEAT AND HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED
FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. CURRENT 
INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS HEAT WAVE WILL LAST INTO THE WEEKEND.

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-192030-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
340 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY. 

* THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN
  THE MID 70S TO NEAR 80 DEGREES...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT
  INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO 115 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
  EARLY EVENING EACH DAY...PEAKING FROM 2 TO 6 PM.

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT LASTS. ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 
  TIME OUTDOORS...OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT 
  ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

HUETTL
034 
WWUS73 KILX 192022
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
322 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND...

.A VERY HOT AND HUMID AIRMASS WILL REMAIN OVER THE MIDDLE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY INTO THIS WEEKEND. CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS HAVE ALREADY FELT THE OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY ON
MONDAY. HOWEVER...HIGHER HEAT AND HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT THIS
HEAT WAVE WILL LAST INTO THE WEEKEND.

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-200400-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
322 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY. 

* THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN
  THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT
  INDEX VALUES OF 110 TO 115 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
  EARLY EVENING EACH DAY.

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT LASTS. ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 
  TIME OUTDOORS...OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT 
  ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

AUTEN
639 
WWUS73 KILX 200337
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1037 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-200900-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
1037 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY. 

* THE COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN 
  THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80 DEGREES...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT 
  INDEX VALUES OF 110 TO 115 DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND 
  EARLY EVENING EACH DAY. 

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT LASTS. ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF 
  TIME OUTDOORS...OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE 
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT 
  ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

CHURCHILL
080 
WWUS73 KILX 200838
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
338 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS WEEKEND...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-202030-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
338 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY. 

* THE COMBINATION OF AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES SIZZLING IN THE MID TO
  UPPER 90S...AND TROPICAL DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 70S TO AROUND 80
  DEGREES...WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 110 TO 115
  DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING EACH DAY.

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH
  DAY THE HEAT LASTS. THIS HEAT WAVE WILL BE ABOUT A WEEK LONG.
  ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF TIME OUTDOORS...OR
  INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SERIOUS
  AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. CHILDREN AND PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT
UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER
CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

HUETTL
145 
WWUS73 KILX 201959
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
259 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...MAJOR HEAT WAVE WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS WEEKEND...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-210400-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
259 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY. 

* HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 110 TO 115 DEGREES WILL OCCUR FROM LATE
  THURSDAY MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING...OVER ALL OF CENTRAL AND
  SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...AS HIGH TEMPERATURES REACH CLOSE TO 100
  DEGREES. TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY BE A FEW DEGREES
  LOWER FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...BUT PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES BOTH DAYS
  WILL STILL BE FROM 105 TO 110 DEGREES. INDICATIONS ARE THAT
  AREAS SOUTH OF I-72 MAY POTENTIALLY SEE THESE CONDITIONS LINGER
  INTO SUNDAY AS WELL.

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH
  DAY THE HEAT WAVE LASTS. ANYONE SPENDING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
  TIME OUTDOORS...OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE
  SUSCEPTIBLE TO SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT
  ILLNESSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. CHILDREN AND
PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN
REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$
GEELHART
815 
WWUS73 KILX 210303
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1003 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...AT LEAST THREE MORE DAYS OF EXCESSIVE HEAT...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-210900-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
1003 PM CDT WED JUL 20 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY. 

* TEMPERATURES FROM 95 TO 100 WILL COMBINE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE
  MIDDLE 70S TO LOWER 80S TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT CONDITIONS.
  EXPECT DAYTIME HEAT INDEX VALUES TO PEAK BETWEEN 105 TO 115
  DEGREES...WITH TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE 80S FOR A GOOD
  PORTION OF THE NIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT
  LEAST SATURDAY.

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH
  DAY THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. ANYONE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS...OR
  INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO SERIOUS
  AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. CHILDREN AND
PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN
REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

CHURCHILL
290 
WWUS73 KILX 210840
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
340 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2011

...HEAT WAVE TO CONTINUE INTO THIS WEEKEND ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-212030-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
340 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY. 

* AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S WITH A FEW SPOTS
  NEAR 100 DEGREES WILL COMBINE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MIDDLE 70S
  TO NEAR 80 DEGREES TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT CONDITIONS. EXPECT
  AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES BETWEEN 105 AND 115 DEGREES...WITH
  TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE 80S FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE
  NIGHT. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY.

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. ANYONE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS...
  OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. CHILDREN AND
PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN
REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

HUETTL
992 
WWUS73 KILX 211514
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1014 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2011

...HEAT WAVE TO CONTINUE INTO THIS WEEKEND ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-212100-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
1014 AM CDT THU JUL 21 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY. 

* AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 115 DEGREES
  OVER THE AREA...WITH AIR TEMPERATURES OF 95 TO 100 DEGREES.
  LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED AT NIGHT...AS HEAT INDEX VALUES
  STRUGGLE TO FALL BELOW 80. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH SATURDAY...AND AREAS SOUTH OF I-72 MAY SEE THEM CONTINUE
  INTO SUNDAY AS WELL.

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. ANYONE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS... 
  OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. CHILDREN AND
PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN
REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$
GEELHART
084 
WWUS73 KILX 212029
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
329 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011

...HEAT WAVE TO CONTINUE INTO THIS WEEKEND ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-220500-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
329 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY. 

* AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 115 DEGREES 
  OVER THE AREA...WITH AIR TEMPERATURES OF 92 TO 98 DEGREES. 
  LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED AT NIGHT...AS HEAT INDEX VALUES 
  STRUGGLE TO FALL BELOW 80. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE 
  THROUGH SATURDAY...AND AREAS SOUTH OF I-72 MAY SEE THEM 
  CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AS WELL. 

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. ANYONE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS... 
  OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. CHILDREN AND
PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN
REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

SHIMON
777 
WWUS73 KILX 220354
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1054 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011

...MORE DANGEROUS HEAT ON TAP THROUGH THE WEEKEND...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-220900-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110724T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
1054 PM CDT THU JUL 21 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SATURDAY. 

* AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 115 DEGREES 
  OVER THE AREA...WITH AIR TEMPERATURES OF 92 TO 98 DEGREES. 
  LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED AT NIGHT...AS HEAT INDEX VALUES 
  STRUGGLE TO FALL BELOW 80. THESE CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE 
  THROUGH SATURDAY...AND AREAS SOUTH OF I-72 MAY SEE THEM 
  CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AS WELL. 

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. ANYONE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS... 
  OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. CHILDREN AND
PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN
REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

CHURCHILL
676 
WWUS73 KILX 220843
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
343 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

...MORE DANGEROUS HEAT ON TAP THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-222030-
/O.EXT.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110725T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
343 AM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT SUNDAY...

THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY. 

* AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 105 TO
  115 DEGREES OVER THE AREA...WITH AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S AND
  DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED AT
  NIGHT...AS HEAT INDEX VALUES STRUGGLE TO FALL BELOW 80. THESE
  CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
  THOUGH SOME RELIEF FROM THE HIGH HEAT AND HUMIDITY COULD AFFECT
  THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY LATE SUNDAY WITH AN APPROACHING
  FRONTAL BOUNDARY.

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. ANYONE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS... 
  OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. CHILDREN AND
PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN
REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

HUETTL
252 
WWUS73 KILX 222027
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
327 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

...MORE DANGEROUS HEAT ON TAP THROUGH THIS WEEKEND...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-230500-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110725T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
327 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY. 

* AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 105 TO 
  115 DEGREES OVER THE AREA...WITH AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S 
  AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. LITTLE RELIEF IS 
  EXPECTED AT NIGHT...AS HEAT INDEX VALUES STRUGGLE TO FALL 
  BELOW 80. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 
  SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THOUGH SOME RELIEF FROM THE HIGH HEAT AND 
  HUMIDITY COULD AFFECT THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY LATE SUNDAY 
  WITH AN APPROACHING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. 

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. ANYONE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS... 
  OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. CHILDREN AND
PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN
REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

SHIMON
531 
WWUS73 KILX 230409
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1109 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT TO CONTINUE INTO THIS WEEKEND...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-230900-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110725T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
1109 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY. 

* AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 105 TO
  115 DEGREES OVER THE AREA...WITH AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S AND
  DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED AT
  NIGHT...AS HEAT INDEX VALUES STRUGGLE TO FALL BELOW 80.

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. ANYONE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS... 
  OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. CHILDREN AND
PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN
REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

CHURCHILL
098 
WWUS73 KILX 230826
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
326 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT TO CONTINUE INTO THIS WEEKEND...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-231230-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110725T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
326 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY. 

* AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 105 TO 
  115 DEGREES OVER THE AREA...WITH AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S 
  AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. LITTLE RELIEF IS 
  EXPECTED AT NIGHT...AS HEAT INDEX VALUES STRUGGLE TO FALL 
  BELOW 80. 

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. ANYONE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS... 
  OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. CHILDREN AND
PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN
REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

HJS
547 
WWUS73 KILX 231227
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
727 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-232100-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110725T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
727 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY. 

* AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 105 TO 
  115 DEGREES OVER THE AREA...WITH AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S 
  AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. LITTLE RELIEF IS 
  EXPECTED AT NIGHT...AS HEAT INDEX VALUES STRUGGLE TO FALL 
  BELOW 80. 

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. ANYONE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS... 
  OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. CHILDREN AND
PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN
REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

AUTEN
449 
WWUS73 KILX 232024
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
324 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-240500-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110725T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
324 PM CDT SAT JUL 23 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT
SUNDAY. 

* AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 105 TO
  115 DEGREES OVER THE AREA...WITH AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S AND
  DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED AT
  NIGHT...AS HEAT INDEX VALUES STRUGGLE TO FALL BELOW 80.

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. ANYONE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS... 
  OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. CHILDREN AND
PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN
REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

SHIMON
996 
WWUS73 KILX 240528
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1228 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-241200-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110725T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
1228 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 105 TO 
  115 DEGREES OVER THE AREA...WITH AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S 
  AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. LITTLE RELIEF IS 
  EXPECTED AT NIGHT...AS HEAT INDEX VALUES STRUGGLE TO FALL 
  BELOW 80. 

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. ANYONE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS... 
  OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. CHILDREN AND
PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN
REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

04/AUTEN
249 
WWUS73 KILX 241014
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...RESENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
514 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-241700-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110725T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
514 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 105 TO 
  115 DEGREES OVER THE AREA...WITH AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S 
  AND DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S. LITTLE RELIEF IS 
  EXPECTED AT NIGHT...AS HEAT INDEX VALUES STRUGGLE TO FALL 
  BELOW 80. 

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. ANYONE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS... 
  OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. CHILDREN AND
PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN
REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

04/AUTEN
704 
WWUS73 KILX 241159
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
659 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

...DANGEROUS HEAT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING...

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-242100-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110725T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-
SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-
MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-
COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-
CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...HAVANA...LINCOLN...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE...
JACKSONVILLE...SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...
MATTOON...SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
659 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE FROM 105 TO
  115 DEGREES OVER THE AREA...WITH AIR TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S AND
  DEWPOINTS IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S.

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. ANYONE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS... 
  OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. CHILDREN AND
PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN
REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$

AUTEN
951 
WWUS73 KILX 241659
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1159 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

ILZ027>031-037-038-043>046-241800-
/O.CAN.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110725T0000Z/
KNOX-STARK-PEORIA-MARSHALL-WOODFORD-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-DE WITT-PIATT-
CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALESBURG...PEORIA...BLOOMINGTON...
NORMAL...CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...DANVILLE
1159 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.

THUNDERSTORMS WHICH AFFECTED THE AREA THIS MORNING HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY COOLED OFF THE AIR. WHILE SOME RECOVERY IN
TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE
LIKELY TO BE 100 DEGREES OR LESS.

$$

ILZ036-040>042-047>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-242100-
/O.CON.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110725T0000Z/
FULTON-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-
CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-
CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...
SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...
SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
1159 AM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS
EVENING. 

* PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 110
  DEGREES...BUT SOME COOLING WILL OCCUR AS THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE
  IN COVERAGE. 

* THE IMPACTS OF HEAT STRESS ARE CUMULATIVE...AND INCREASE EACH 
  DAY THE HEAT WAVE CONTINUES. ANYONE SPENDING TIME OUTDOORS... 
  OR INVOLVED IN STRENUOUS ACTIVITY...WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO 
  SERIOUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING HEAT ILLNESSES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT WEATHER WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION
IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY FOR THOSE OUTDOORS OR IN
LOCATIONS WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING.

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS TO REDUCE RISKS DURING OUTDOOR WORK.
RESCHEDULE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING IF
POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...EVEN IF YOU DO NOT FEEL
THIRSTY. SCHEDULE FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR
CONDITIONED AREAS. CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS...
ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THOSE IN POOR HEALTH. CHILDREN AND
PETS SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT UNATTENDED IN VEHICLES UNDER ANY
CIRCUMSTANCES. IN THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS...CAR INTERIORS CAN
REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE.
ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL LOCATION. HEAT
STROKE IS A LIFE THREATENING MEDICAL EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.

&&

$$
GEELHART
094 
WWUS73 KILX 242002
NPWILX

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
302 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

ILZ036-040>042-047>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-242115-
/O.CAN.KILX.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110725T0000Z/
FULTON-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN-SANGAMON-
CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY-CUMBERLAND-
CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAVANA...LINCOLN...JACKSONVILLE...
SPRINGFIELD...TAYLORVILLE...DECATUR...CHARLESTON...MATTOON...
SHELBYVILLE...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...LAWRENCEVILLE
302 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS CANCELLED THE
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING. 

THUNDERSTORMS WHICH AFFECTED THE AREA TODAY HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY
COOLED OFF THE AIR. WHILE SOME RECOVERY IN TEMPERATURES IS STILL
POSSIBLE...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE LIKELY TO BE 100 DEGREES OR LESS.

$$

SHIMON

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this excessive heat warning went out at Jul 15, 2:49 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 2:49 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
249 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

.DISCUSSION...
ISSUED 248 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

...OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY EXPECTED NEXT WEEK...

MODELS REMAIN IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH OVERALL
PATTERN...BUILDING RIDGE...AND SURFACE FEATURES DURING THE SHORT
AND LONG TERM. SO MODEL BLEND LOOKS GOOD FOR THE FORECAST AS
CONFIDENCE IS HIGH. MAIN CONCERN REMAINS THE EXTREME HEAT FOR NEXT WEEK.

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT

HIGH PRSS RIDGE TO THE EAST WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OFF THE EAST
COAST ALLOWING SOUTHERLY WINDS TO RETURN AND BRING VERY WARM
TEMPERATURES TO THE AREA FOR LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND THE BEGINNING
OF NEXT WEEK. AS THIS OCCURS...THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL CONTINUE
TO BUILD...CREATING A 599DM HIGH PRESSURE CENTER AT 500MB OVER THE
PLAINS BY MID DAY SUNDAY. ALL MODELS AGREE WITH THIS SCENARIO
THROUGH THE PERIOD SO BELIEVE TEMPS WILL INCREASE AND THE HIGH
DEWPOINT AIR OVER THE PLAINS WILL SHIFT EAST INTO THE REGION BY
SUNDAY AND MONDAY. SO HEAT INDICES WILL REACH TO 100-105 FOR
SUNDAY AND THEN OVER 105 BY MONDAY. SO BELIEVE TIMING OF CURRENT
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH LOOKS GOOD AND WILL BE UPGRADING THIS INTO A
WARNING.

LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE
WEEK. GFS AND ECMWF DIFFER WITH THE STRENGTH AND PLACEMENT OF THE
RIDGE FOR LATER IN THE WEEK. LEANING TOWARD THE ECMWF WITH THE
RIDGE REMAINING OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS
FORECAST BRINGS 850MB TEMPS OF +24 TO +26 C INTO THE AREA FOR THUR
AND FRI WITH A 594DM HIGH AT 500MB FRIDAY AFTERNOON...CENTERED
OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. GIVEN THIS FORECAST WILL HAVE THE
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING GOING THROUGH THE WHOLE PERIOD...INTO
FRIDAY. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 115 THROUGH THE PERIOD
ACROSS THE AREA.

AUTEN
&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED 1207 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

MAINLY QUIET CONDITIONS EXPECTED THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH PERIODS
OF MID AND HIGH CLOUDS. MAIN CONCERN IS WITH POTENTIAL FOR SOME
MVFR VISIBILITIES TOWARD SUNRISE...WITH LIGHT WINDS ALLOWING FOR
SOME PATCHY GROUND FOG. WILL MAINTAIN THE TEMPO 4SM GROUPS IN THE
UPCOMING TAF SET.

GEELHART
&&

.ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FROM 7 AM SUNDAY TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY FOR
ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 11:02 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1102 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-161100-
CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-
DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-FULTON-JASPER-KNOX-LAWRENCE-LOGAN-
MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PEORIA-PIATT-
RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION-
WOODFORD-
1102 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...
AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A SIGNIFICANT HEAT WAVE WILL BEGIN OVER THE AREA THIS WEEKEND.
WHILE THE HEAT INDEX MAY APPROACH 100 DEGREES ON SATURDAY...THE
MAIN BLAST OF HEAT WILL ARRIVE ON SUNDAY...AND LAST MOST OF THE
UPCOMING WEEK. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE
90S...WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES FREQUENTLY AS HIGH AS 105 TO 110
DEGREES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE CUMULATIVE EFFECTS OF THE
HEAT WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS...AS THE WEEK
PROGRESSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GEELHART

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Illinois, 2011Every excessive heat warning in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.