[californiadisasters] [EDIS] Excessive Heat Watch - Mojave Desert w/ Near Record Temps

A STRONG AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL GRADUALLY BUILD IN TO THE  REGION FROM THE EAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN IN PLACE FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. MOISTURE MAY INCREASE BY FRIDAY...INCREASING CLOUD COVER AND SLIGHTLY REDUCING TEMPERATURES. ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING...  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LAS VEGAS HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH BELOW 4000 FEET FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN NEVADA... SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA AND NORTHWEST ARIZONA...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * EXPECTED TEMPERATURES: 108 TO 113 IN LAS VEGAS...LAKE MEAD AND LAUGHLIN 112 TO 117...DEATH VALLEY 116 TO 122...BARSTOW AND TWENTYNINE PALMS 108 TO 112...LAKE HAVASU CITY 112 TO 117 AND KINGMAN 102 TO 106.  * GREATEST IMPACTS: THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR WITHIN THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AND DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK. PLAN ANY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN THE EARLY MORNING OR IN THE EVENING AFTER SUNSET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... &&

Instruction:
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.

Area:  LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT-EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY-LAS VEGAS VALLEY-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY-INCLUDING... LAKE HAVASU... DESERT HILLS... TOPOCK... KINGMAN... GOLDEN VALLEY... DOLAN SPRINGS... WIKIEUP... YUCCA... BULLHEAD CITY... MOHAVE VALLEY... FURNACE CREEK... SHOSHONE... BARSTOW... DAGGETT... FORT IRWIN... BAKER... MORONGO VALLEY... YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS... VIDAL JUNCTION... NEEDLES... MESQUITE... OVERTON... MOAPA... PAHRUMP... INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK... AMARGOSA VALLEY... LAS VEGAS... NORTH LAS VEGAS... HENDERSON... BOULDER CITY... SUMMERLIN... NELLIS... MOUNTAINS EDGE... SEVEN HILLS... BLUE DIAMOND... HOOVER DAM... LAUGHLIN... PRIMM... SEARCHLIGHT... CAL-NEV-ARI

Affected Counties or parts of: Inyo, San Bernardino

Sent: 2011-08-22T02:51:20-07:00

Original Sender: KVEF@nwws.oes.ca.gov

From: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV

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