DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-Source: NWS Las Vegas
EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- INCLUDING...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY...TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES... CAL 257 AM PDT SUN JUN 9 2013 /257 AM MST SUN JUN 9 2013/ ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING BELOW 4000 FEET... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS BELOW 4000 FEET IN THE MOJAVE DESERT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING. * EXPECTED TEMPERATURES: HIGHS 108 TO 114 FOR MUCH OF THE MOJAVE DESERT REGION...INCLUDING THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY...110 TO 115 ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND 120 TO 125 AT FURNACE CREEK IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK. * GREATEST IMPACTS: CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE USUALLY THE FIRST TO SUFFER FROM THE HEAT. HEAT EXHAUSTION...CRAMPS...OR IN EXTREME CASES HEAT STROKE CAN RESULT FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS. FRIENDS... RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS SHOULD CHECK ON PEOPLE WHO MAY BE AT RISK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS ISSUED WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH DANGEROUS LEVELS THAT WILL STRESS THE BODY IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR LATE 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. && $$ MORGAN
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