[californiadisasters] Excessive Heat Watch - Cal Low Desert (8/06/12-AM)

.EXCESSIVE HEAT IS EXPECTED THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF THIS  WEEK AS STRONG HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION.    AZZ020-021-025-026-CAZ031>033-070000-  /O.NEW.KPSR.EH.A.0012.120808T1700Z-120809T0300Z/  LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-  IMPERIAL COUNTY-  INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLYTHE...CHIRIACO SUMMIT...DESERT CENTER...
BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO  318 AM MST MON AUG 6 2012 /318 AM PDT MON AUG 6 2012/    ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH  WEDNESDAY EVENING...    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE  HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH  WEDNESDAY EVENING.    * AFFECTED AREA...SOUTHWESTERN ARIZONA AND SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA    INCLUDING YUMA AND EL CENTRO.    * TEMPERATURE...AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM    112 TO 116 DEGREES.    * IMPACTS...THESE EXCESSIVELY HOT TEMPERATURES CAN BE STRESSFUL TO    HUMANS...AS WELL AS ANIMALS WITHOUT PROPER PRECAUTIONS. PROLONGED    PERIODS OF TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE 110 DEGREES DO NOT ALLOW    SUFFICIENT COOLING OF THE BODY...AND CAN LEAD TO HEAT STRESS OR    HEAT STROKE.    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.    &&    $$    VISIT US ON FACEBOOK...TWITTER...AND AT WEATHER.GOV/PHOENIX

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

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