[californiadisasters] Excessive Heat Warning - LA Co. (8/26/10-AM)

...DANGEROUS HEAT EXPECTED OVER THE VALLEYS AND LOWER MOUNTAINS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL BRING VERY HOT
TEMPERATURES TO L.A. COUNTY ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN HUMIDITIES.
 THIS COMBINATION WILL PUSH AFTERNOON AND EVENING HEAT INDEXES
ABOVE HEAT WARNING THRESHOLDS.

CAZ088-547-548-262300-
/O.CON.KLOX.EH.W.0003.100826T1700Z-100827T0400Z/
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY-
 LOS ANGELES COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY-
INCLUDING...SANTA CLARITA...NEWHALL...VALENCIA...WOODLAND HILLS...
NORTHRIDGE...BURBANK...UNIVERSAL CITY...PASADENA...SAN GABRIEL...
POMONA
859 AM PDT THU AUG 26 2010
 
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS
EVENING.

* TEMPERATURE: HEAT INDEX READINGS...A MEASURE OF THE LEVEL OF
   DISCOMFORT CAUSED BY THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY...
  ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND 105 FROM EARLY AFTERNOON
  THROUGH EARLY EVENING.

* IMPACTS: HEAT STROKE...HEAT EXHAUSTION...AND HEAT CRAMPS ARE
   POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
 SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$

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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
859 AM PDT THU AUG 26 2010

...DANGEROUS HEAT EXPECTED OVER THE VALLEYS AND LOWER MOUNTAINS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.STRONG HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE AREA WILL BRING VERY HOT
 TEMPERATURES TO L.A. COUNTY ALONG WITH AN INCREASE IN HUMIDITIES.
THIS COMBINATION WILL PUSH AFTERNOON AND EVENING HEAT INDEXES
ABOVE HEAT WARNING THRESHOLDS.

CAZ054-262300-
/O.CON.KLOX.EH.W.0003.100826T1700Z-100827T0400Z/
 LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING...ACTON...MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
859 AM PDT THU AUG 26 2010

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...
 
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PDT THIS
EVENING.

* TEMPERATURE: HEAT INDEX READINGS...A MEASURE OF THE LEVEL OF
  DISCOMFORT CAUSED BY THE COMBINATION OF HEAT AND HUMIDITY...
  ARE EXPECTED TO RISE TO AROUND 100 FROM EARLY AFTERNOON
   THROUGH EARLY EVENING...MOSTLY AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 5000 FEET.

* IMPACTS: HEAT STROKE...HEAT EXHAUSTION...AND HEAT CRAMPS ARE
  POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
 DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
 AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

&&

$$

MEIER/GOMBERG

Source: http://forecast.weather.gov/wwamap/wwatxtget.php?cwa=lox&wwa=excessive%20heat%20warning

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