Updated:
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 18:29:02
BUCKEYE...NEW RIVER...WICKENBURG...
MESA...PHOENIX...GILA BEND...APACHE JUNCTION...CASA GRANDE...
FLORENCE
930 AM MST FRI SEP 3 2010
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS
EVENING...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS
EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA: DESERT AREAS OF SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA. LOCATIONS IN
THE WARNING INCLUDE THE GREATER PHOENIX AREA...GILA BEND...AND
CASA GRANDE.
* TEMPERATURE: HIGH TEMPERATURES 108 TO 113. FORECAST DAYTIME HIGHS
INCLUDE 111 AT PHOENIX SKY HARBOR...113 AT GILA BEND...AND 108 AT
CASA GRANDE.
* IMPACTS: EXCESSIVELY HOT WEATHER CAN BE STRESSFUL TO ANIMALS
AND HUMANS...MAKING IT HARD FOR THE BODY TO REMAIN HYDRATED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IT WOULD BE WISE TO COMPLETE ANY NECESSARY OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IN
THE EARLY MORNING WHEN THE SUN AND HEAT ARE LESS INTENSE. IF YOU
PLAN TO BE OUTSIDE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME IN THE
AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING...STAY IN THE SHADE AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE AND DRINK AN ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF WATER. WEAR LIGHT-
COLORED AND LOOSE-FITTING CLOTHING...INCLUDING A WIDE-BRIMMED
HAT. IF POSSIBLE...SPEND MORE TIME IN AIR-CONDITIONED OR WELL-
VENTILATED PLACES.
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