Excessive Heat Warning

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PHOENIX AZ 224 PM MST SAT JUL 7 2012 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...QUARTZSITE... SALOME...BUCKEYE...NEW RIVER...WICKENBURG...MESA...PHOENIX... FORTUNA FOOTHILLS...YUMA...TACNA...WELLTON...GILA BEND... APACHE JUNCTION...CASA GRANDE...FLORENCE...BLYTHE... CHIRIACO SUMMIT...DESERT CENTER...BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO 224 PM MST SAT JUL 7 2012 /224 PM PDT SAT JUL 7 2012/ ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MST /10 AM PDT/ MONDAY TO 5 AM MST /5 AM PDT/ WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MST /10 AM PDT/ MONDAY TO 5 AM MST /5 AM PDT/ WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...EAST-CENTRAL...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA DESERTS AND LOWER DESERTS OF FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. CITIES INCLUDE...THE METRO PHOENIX AREA...YUMA...EL CENTRO... CASA GRANDE...WICKENBURG...PARKER AND BLYTHE. * TEMPERATURE...HIGHS OF 110 TO 115 DEGREES AND VERY WARM OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 80S TO 90 DEGREES. THE FORECAST HIGH TEMPERATURE AT PHOENIX SKY HARBOR AIRPORT IS 112 DEGREES BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS OF 90 DEGREES. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF VERY HOT AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND VERY WARM OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL RESULT IN VERY OPPRESSIVE CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES THIS HOT WILL MAKE WORKING OUTDOORS CONSIDERABLY MORE DIFFICULT. HEAT STROKE WILL BE MORE LIKELY FOR THOSE ENGAGING IN STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THE EXTREMELY WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR THE BODY TO RECOVER FROM THE HEAT...ESPECIALLY FOR THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. IF YOU WEAR A WIDE-BRIMMED HAT...YOUR HEAD AND BODY WILL BE MUCH COOLER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.