% THE WEEKEND.
% TODAY, GOVERNOR TONY EVERS
% DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY%
FOR THE CITY OF MADISON AND DANE
% COUNTY DUE TO POWER OUTAGES AND
% EXTREME HEAT.
% >> THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
% DECLARES SOUTHERN WISCONSIN IS
% IN THE THROAS! THROES OF AN E
XCESSIVE
% HEAT.
% THE STATE CAPITOL CLOSED FRIDAY.
% THAT'S BECAUSE TWO SUBSTATION
% FIRES AT MADISON GAS AND
% ELECTRIC CAUSED POWER OUTAGES
% ACROSS THE DOWNTOWN.
% THE UTILITY SAYS IT IS NOT
% BELIEVED THE STRAIN OF
% EXCESSTIVE HEAT CAUSED THE FIRES
% AND OUTAGES.
% THEY SAID IT WAS A MECHANICAL
% ISSUE.
% BUT THE CAUSE WAS UNDER
% INVESTIGATION.
% AT THE SAME TIME, SOUTHWEST
% WISCONSIN SAW ROADS AND HIGHWAYS
% CLOSED BECAUSE OF FLOODING AFTER
% NEARLY SIX INCHES OF RAIN
% THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
% >> WE CHECK IN NOW WITH TIM HAL
L
% HALLBACK ON THE PHONE FROM
% MILWAUKEE.
% SO THE GOVERNOR DECLARES THIS
% STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR MADISON
% AND DANE COUNTY BECAUSE HOW
% DANGEROUS ARE POWER OUTAGES IN
% THE MIDST OF THIS KIND OF
% EXTREME HOT WEATHER?
% >> WELL, EVERYBODY REALLY RELIES
% ON THEIR AIR CONDITIONING TO
% KEEP THEM COOL DURING THESE
% TIMES WHEN WE HAVE EXTREME HEAT
% LIKE THIS.
% IT'S PRETTY RARE FOR US TO GET
% TO THESE TYPES OF THRESHOLDS OF
% HEAT AND THAT COMBINATION OF
% THAT WITH THE HUMIDITY.
% SO PEOPLE REALLY RELY ON THAT
% AIR CONDITIONING TO KEEP THEM
% COOL.
% SO IF THAT GOES AWAY, THAT COUL
D
% BE A BIG ISSUE FOR PEOPLE TO TRY
% TO BEAT THE HEAT.
% >> WHAT IS YOUR PREDICTION AS TO
% ACTUALLY HOW HOT THAT HEAT
% INDEX, THAT FEELS LIKE
% TEMPERATURE, IS GOING TO BE
% FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING?
% >> YEAH.
% SO FOR TODAY SOME OF OUR HIGH
% TEMPERATURES OR THE TEMPERATURES
% THAT WE'RE SITTING AT RIGHT NOW,
% THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES THAT ARE
% BETWEEN 90 TO 95 DEGREES FOR T
HE
% AIR TEMPERATURE, AND THEN ON T
OP
% OF THAT MOST PLACES HAVE A
% DEW POINT OF AROUND 80, WHICH
% NORMALLY WHEN YOU GET TO ABOUT
% 65 TO 70 FOR A DEW POINT, THAT'S
% WHEN YOU START FEELING THE
% HUMIDITY.
% IT'S VERY RARE FOR US TO GET
% THAT HIGH.
% SO THAT COMBINATION OF THE AIR
% TEMPERATURE AND THE DEW POINT
% LIKE THAT IS WHAT'S CAUSING THE
% HEAT INDEX TO BE SO HIGH.
% AND RIGHT NOW SOME OF THE
% MEASUREMENTS WE HAVE ARE THE
% HEAT INDEX UP AROUND 110, 115
% DEGREES, A VERY DANGEROUS
% SITUATION WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT
% NOW.
% WE DID EXTEND THE EXCESSIVE HEAT
% WARNING FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OF
% THE STATE UNTIL TOMORROW GOING
% INTO THE AFTERNOON.
% SO THAT INCLUDES DANE COUNTY AS
% WELL.%>> OKAY.
% SO WHEN THE INDEX GETS INTO THA
T
% RANGE, IT'S DANGEROUS EVEN FOR
% ON HEALTHY PEOPLE.
% >> THAT'S CORRECT.
% YEAH.
% SO YOU DON'T WANT TO BE DOING
% ANYTHING UNNECESSARILY OUTSIDE.
% THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS TYPICALLY
% WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING ON
% THEIR OWN THAT MIGHT HAVE HEALT
H
% ISSUES THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE GONE
% AND PUT THEIR AIR CONDITIONING
% UNIT INTO THEIR WINDOW EVEN IF
% THEY HAD POWER.
% THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE WE ALWAYS
% TELL, CHECK ON THEM, YOUR
% NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS OR FAMILY
% MEMBERS THAT MIGHT BE LIVING ON
% THEIR OWN THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
% ABLE TO UNTIL PUT IN THAT AIR
% CONDITIONING UNIT.
% SO ON DANGEROUS ALL AROUND.
% >> MEANWHILE, IT SEEMS LIKE
% THERE IS POTENTIALLY SOME WILD
% WEATHER OUT THERE.
% I'VE SEEN TORNADO WATCHINGS, IN
% MINNESOTA TORNADO WARNINGS.
% THERE'S BEEN FLOODING IN
% SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.
% WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE
% STATUS OF THAT FLOODING?
% >> A LOT OF HEAVY RAIN THAT FEL
L
% OVERNIGHT FROM THE LA CROSSE
% AREA THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN
% WISCONSIN.
% THEY HAD ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE
% INCHES OF RAINFALL, STORMS THAT
% DIDN'T MOVE AND KEPT DROPPING A
% LOT OF RAINFALL IN THE SAME
% AREA.
% THAT CAUSED QUITE A BIT OF FLASH
% FLOOD WARNINGS LAST NIGHT.
% THE KICKAPOO RIVER BASIN JUMPED
% UP AND WILL BE GOING INTO THE
% MODERATE FLOOD STAGE THERE AS
% WELL.
% SO QUITE A BIT OF FLOODING IN
% THAT PORTION OF THE STATE FROM
% THE OVERNIGHT STORMS.
% >> WHAT ARE WE GEARING UP FOR
% OVER THE WEEKEND?
% MORE STORMS?
% MORE RAIN?
% MORE HEAT?
% >> YEAH.
% THE INITIAL CONCERN IS FOR
% TONIGHT IN THE NORTHERN PART OF
% THE STATE.
% THERE'S GOING TO BE VERY
% WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE AND
% POTENTIAL FOR LONG TRACK TORNADO
% SET UP UP THERE.
% SO THERE'S CONCERNS ABOUT THAT
% SEVERE WEATHER.
% THE HEAT CONTINUES INTO TOMORRO
W
% MORNING AND AFTERNOON FOR THE
% SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE.
% THAT'S WHY WE EXTENDED THE
% EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR THE
% SOUTHERN PART.
% WE HAVE A CHANCE FOR SEVERE
% THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON
% IN THAT SAME AREA.
% SO PRETTY ACTIVE STRETCH GOING
% INTO SATURDAY.
% LOOKS LIKE SUNDAY THROUGH THE
% REST OF NEXT WEEK LOOKS TO BE
ON
% THE CALMER SIDE.
% >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR OUR
% PERSONAL WEATHER UPDATE.
% THANKS.%>> NO PROBLEM.