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W.0004.150805T1800Z-150806T0300Z/LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS-SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-IMPERIAL COUNTY-INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...
EHRENBERG...
PARKER...
BOUSE...
QUARTZSITE...
SALOME...
BUCKEYE...
LAKE PLEASANT...
MORRISTOWN...unique RIVER...
TONOPAH...
WICKENBURG...
CAREFREE...
CAVE CREEK...
CHANDLER...
FOUNTAIN HILLS...
GILBERT...
GLENDALE...
MESA...
PEORIA...
PHOENIX...
SCOTTSDALE...
SUN CITY...
TEMPE...
FORTUNA FOOTHILLS...
SAN LUIS...SOMERTON...
YUMA...
DATELAND...
TACNA...
WELLTON...
GILA BEND...
APACHE JUNCTION...
CASA GRANDE...
COOLIDGE...
FLORENCE...
BLYTHE...
CHIRIACO SUMMIT...
DESERT CENTER...
EAGLE MOUNTAIN...
BRAWLEY...
CALEXICO...
EL CENTRO...
GLAMIS...
IMPERIAL...
THE SALTON SEA219 PM MST MON AUG 3 2015...
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /11 AM PDT/ TO8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/ TUESDAY......EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /11 AM PDT/ TO8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/ WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVEHEAT WARNING...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MST /11 AM PDT/ TO8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/ TUESDAY. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS ALSOBEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM MST /11 AM PDT/ TO 8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...
THE LOWER DESERTS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA TO SOUTH CENTRAL ARIZONA...
INCLUDING THE POPULATION CENTERS OF IMPERIAL...
YUMA...
BLYTHE...
GILA BEND...
PHOENIX...
AND CASA GRANDE.* TEMPERATURE...112 TO 115 DEGREES TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...
WITH THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES IN SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY.* IMPACTS...
PEOPLE PLAYING OR WORKING OUTDOORS...
AS WELL AS THOSE WITHOUT ACCESS TO AIR CONDITIONING...
WILL FACE AN ELEVATED RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS. DEPENDING UPON THE AMOUNT OF EXPOSURE AND THE HEALTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL...
HEAT ILLNESS CAN RANGE FROM gentle TO FATAL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NEVER LEAVE KIDS OR PETS UNATTENDED IN CARS. DRINK MORE WATERTHAN USUAL AND AVOID ALCOHOL...
SUGAR...
AND CAFFEINE. WHENOUTDOORS...WEAR LIGHT COLORED CLOTHING AND A WIDE-BRIMMED HAT TOKEEP YOUR HEAD AND BODY COOLER. TAKE FREQUENT REST BREAKS INSHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. PUBLIC PLACES WITH AIRCONDITIONING INCLUDE LIBRARIES...
COMMUNITY CENTERS...
GOVERNMENTBUILDINGS...
MALLS...
AND SPECIAL REFUGE STATIONS. RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT ILLNESS. EARLY SYMPTOMSINCLUDE THINGS SUCH AS HEADACHE...
THIRST...
AND MUSCLE CRAMPS.
SERIOUS SYMPTOMS INCLUDE WEAKNESS...
SKIN THAT IS cold TO THETOUCH...
FAST BUT feeble PULSE...
NAUSEA...
AND FAINTING. SEVERESYMPTOMS INCLUDE HOT AND RED DRY SKIN...
FAST AND STRONGPULSE...SWEATING THAT HAS STOPPED...AND UNCONSCIOUSNESS.
UNTREATED HEAT ILLNESS CAN LEAD TO FATAL HEAT STROKE. STAY cold...
STAY HYDRATED...
STAY INFORMED.&&$$
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