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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
943 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2013

...JUNE 13 2013 IS WISCONSIN/S HEAT AWARENESS DAY...
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...EXTREME HEAT IS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER-RELATED KILLER IN
WISCONSIN AND IN THE UNITED STATES...PERIOD.

EXTREME HEAT AND HUMIDITY ASSOCIATED WITH HEAT WAVES KILL ON AVERAGE
ABOUT 146 PEOPLE A YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES /AVERAGE FOR THE PERIOD
OF 1988-2012/. THIS IS MORE THAN ALL OF THE OTHER INDIVIDUAL NATURAL
DISASTERS.

IN WISCONSIN...240 PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM THE EFFECTS OF HEAT WAVES
FOR THE PERIOD OF 1982-2012.  THIS BREAKS DOWN TO 137
DIRECTLY-RELATED AND 103 INDIRECTLY-RELATED FATALITIES.

ALTHOUGH MOSTLY KNOWN FOR ITS COLD AND SNOWY WINTERS...THE BADGER
STATE OF WISCONSIN IS CERTAINLY NOT IMMUNE FROM THE TRAGEDIES CAUSED
BY HEAT WAVES.

     ON AVERAGE...ABOUT 4 PEOPLE DIE EACH SUMMER IN WISCONSIN WHERE
                  HEAT WAS THE PRIMARY /DIRECT/ CAUSE OF DEATH.
               ...ABOUT 3 PEOPLE DIE EACH SUMMER IN WISCONSIN WHERE
                  HEAT WAS A SECONDARY /INDIRECT/ CAUSE OF DEATH.

...WISCONSIN/S KILLER HEAT WAVES IN 1995...
ONE OF THE MOST MEMORABLE HEAT WAVES IN RECENT HISTORY OCCURRED IN
1995 WHEN TWO MAJOR HEAT WAVES AFFECTED MOST OF WISCONSIN.
DURING A TWO-DAY PERIOD IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY...HIGH TEMPERATURES
SOARED INTO THE UPPER 90S TO 108. OVERNIGHT LOWS DIDN/T DIP ANY
LOWER THAN THE LOWER TO MID 80S AROUND THE MILWAUKEE AND MADISON
METRO AREAS.

THAT SUMMER 154 PEOPLE DIED OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY ALONG WITH
APPROXIMATELY 400 HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES. THE 1995 SUMMER HEAT WAVES
HOLD THE RECORD AS THE NUMBER ONE WEATHER-RELATED KILLER IN WISCONSIN
SINCE IT BECAME A STATE IN 1848. MOST DEATHS OCCURRED IN THE MAJOR
URBAN CITIES IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. AS IN EVERY STATE HIT BY THE
HEAT WAVE THAT YEAR...THE ELDERLY AND YOUNG AGE GROUPS WERE HIT THE
HARDEST.

IN 2012...A MINI-HEAT WAVE IN MID JUNE RESULTED IN TWO HEAT-RELATED
FATALITIES IN WISCONSIN. THEN A LONG-DURATION HEAT WAVE STRUCK
WISCONSIN FROM JULY 1ST THROUGH JULY 7TH...RESULTING IN ANOTHER 22
HEAT-RELATED DEATHS.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HEAT WAVES CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE SITE ON HEAT WAVES:

HTTP://WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/OM/HEAT/INDEX.SHTML    /ALL LOWER CASE/

...NWS HEAT WAVE PROGRAM...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS FOUND WAYS TO EFFECTIVELY WARN THE
PUBLIC OF THE COMBINED DANGERS OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY ASSOCIATED WITH
HEAT WAVES.  THE WEATHER SERVICE USES THE HEAT INDEX /HI/ AS AN
ESTIMATE OF HOW HOT IT REALLY FEELS WHEN THE RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS
ADDED TO THE ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURE.

...HEAT ADVISORIES AND EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCHES/WARNINGS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL ISSUE A HEAT ADVISORY FOR SOUTH-
CENTRAL OR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN WHEN EXPECTATIONS OF DAYTIME HEAT
INDEX VALUES TO BE 100 OR HIGHER. IF THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO PERSIST FOR 4 DAYS OR MORE...AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING WILL BE
ISSUED. ADDITIONALLY...IF HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL BE 95 TO 99 FOR 4
CONSECUTIVE DAYS A HEAT ADVISORY WILL BE ISSUED.

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH WILL BE ISSUED WHEN THE DAYTIME HEAT INDEX
COULD REACH OR EXCEED 105 WHILE THE HEAT INDEX REMAINS AT OR ABOVE
75 AT NIGHT FOR AT LEAST TWO DAYS. THE SUCCEEDING EXCESSIVE HEAT
WARNING WILL BE ISSUED WHEN THESE CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY WITHIN THE
NEXT 24 HOURS.

REMEMBER THAT IF HEAT INDEX VALUES REACH 105 DEGREES OR MORE...
SUN-STROKE...HEAT CRAMPS OR HEAT EXHAUSTION ARE LIKELY WITH PROLONGED
EXPOSURE AND/OR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

...WHO IS AT RISK...
KEEP IN MIND THAT ELDERLY PERSONS...SMALL CHILDREN...PEOPLE ON
MEDICATION AND PERSONS WITH WEIGHT OR ALCOHOL PROBLEMS ARE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT.  THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE DURING A HEAT WAVE IN
AREAS WHERE NORMALLY A MODERATE CLIMATE PREVAILS...SUCH AS WISCONSIN.
IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO PERIODICALLY CHECK IN WITH THE ELDERLY AND
OTHERS WHO ARE SUSCEPTIBLE...AND HELP THEM OBTAIN RELIEF FROM THE
OPPRESSIVE HEAT AND HUMIDITY.

...SAFETY TIPS...
TO MINIMIZE THE AFFECTS OF OPPRESSIVE HEAT...SLOW DOWN AND REDUCE
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ESPECIALLY DURING THE HOTTEST PARTS OF THE DAY.
DRESS FOR SUMMER...WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT...LIGHT-COLORED CLOTHING. DO NOT
GET TOO MUCH SUN..IT MAKES IT EVEN HARDER FOR YOUR SKIN TO COOL YOU
OFF. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER AND STAY AWAY FROM ALL ALCOHOLIC DRINKS...
WHICH WILL MAKE THE HEAT/S EFFECT ON YOUR BODY EVEN WORSE.

SPEND YOUR TIME INDOORS. IF AIR CONDITIONING IS NOT AVAILABLE...STAY
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OUT OF THE SUNSHINE.  YOU CAN ALSO TRY TO GO TO A
PUBLIC BUILDING WHERE AIR CONDITIONING IS AVAILABLE OR SIT IN A
BATHTUB FILLED WITH COOL WATER.

AS WITH ANY SEVERE WEATHER STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO ALL
HAZARDS OR YOUR LOCAL TV OR RADIO STATIONS FOR THE LATEST
FORECAST...HEAT INDEX VALUES...AND ANY HEAT RELATED
WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES.

FOR ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION AND UP TO DATE FORECASTS
AND ANY WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT:

HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/MKX              /ALL LOWER CASE/

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