Excessive Heat Watch

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * LOCATIONS...ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEW YORK... ESPECIALLY THE GENESEE VALLEY...FINGER LAKES REGION AND NIAGARA AND ORLEANS COUNTIES. * TIMING...LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 90S...WITH READINGS APPROACHING 100 IN THE GENESEE VALLEY/ROCHESTER AREA AS WELL AS NIAGARA/ORLEANS COUNTIES. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...FROM NEAR 100 NEAR LAKE ERIE AND EAST OF LAKE ONTARIO TO BETWEEN 105 AND 110 GENESEE VALLEY. Instructions: AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT-RELATED ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. Target Area: Allegany Cattaraugus Chautauqua Genesee Jefferson Lewis Livingston Monroe Niagara Northern Cayuga Northern Erie Ontario Orleans Oswego Southern Erie Wayne Wyoming