- Heat Advisory for Essex County, New York
- Heat Advisory issued June 20 at 3:40PM EDT until June 20 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS
- Effective: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 3:40 p.m.
- Expires: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at 8 p.m.
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BURLINGTON CONTINUES THE HEAT
ADVISORY...UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING.
* LOCATIONS...THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY OF VERMONT AND NEW YORK...
WESTERN RUTLAND COUNTY...AND THE SAINT LAWRENCE VALLEY.
* HAZARDS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY.
* HEAT INDEX VALUES...UP TO 104 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER
90S...AND DEWPOINTS AROUND 70.
* TIMING...MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...BEFORE SLOWLY LOWERING
THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH
HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION WHERE PROLONGED
EXPOSURE TO THE HEAT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS.