URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV 238 PM PDT MON JUL 1 2013 ...PROLONGED PERIOD OF EXCESSIVE HEAT TO PERSIST THROUGH INDEPENDENCE DAY... .DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH INDEPENDENCE DAY DUE TO A MASSIVE AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE HOLDING OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES. AZZ001>003-036-CAZ519>527-NVZ014>022-021400- /O.CON.KVEF.EH.W.0002.000000T0000Z-130705T0600Z/ NORTHWEST PLATEAU-LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE-NORTHWEST DESERTS- LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA-EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES- OWENS VALLEY-WHITE MOUNTAINS OF INYO COUNTY- DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK-WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT- EASTERN MOJAVE DESERT-MORONGO BASIN-CADIZ BASIN- SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY- ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY- NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY-WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY- SHEEP RANGE-SPRING MOUNTAINS-RED ROCK CANYON-LAS VEGAS VALLEY- SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY- INCLUDING...COLORADO CITY... PIPE SPRING NATIONAL MONUMENT...TUWEEP...MT TRUMBULL... LAKE HAVASU...DESERT HILLS...TOPOCK...KINGMAN...GOLDEN VALLEY... DOLAN SPRINGS...VALENTINE...WIKIEUP...YUCCA...BULLHEAD CITY... MOHAVE VALLEY...ASPENDELL...WHITNEY PORTAL...BISHOP... INDEPENDENCE...LONE PINE...OLANCHA...FURNACE CREEK...SHOSHONE... BARSTOW...DAGGETT...FORT IRWIN...BAKER...MOUNTAIN PASS... MITCHELL CAVERNS...MORONGO VALLEY...YUCCA VALLEY... TWENTYNINE PALMS...VIDAL JUNCTION...NEEDLES...BEATTY...GOLDFIELD... SILVER PEAK...DYER...CALIENTE...PIOCHE...PANACA...HIKO...ALAMO... RACHEL...MESQUITE...OVERTON...MOAPA...PAHRUMP...INDIAN SPRINGS... DESERT ROCK...AMARGOSA VALLEY...THE TOWN OF MT CHARLESTON... RED ROCK...LAS VEGAS...NORTH LAS VEGAS...HENDERSON...BOULDER CITY... SUMMERLIN...NELLIS...MOUNTAINS EDGE...SEVEN HILLS...BLUE DIAMOND... HOOVER DAM...LAUGHLIN...PRIMM...SEARCHLIGHT...CAL-NEV-ARI 238 PM PDT MON JUL 1 2013 /238 PM MST MON JUL 1 2013/ ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THURSDAY... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT /11 PM MST/ THURSDAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN AND THE MOJAVE DESERT BELOW 6000 FEET. * EXPECTED HIGH TEMPERATURES: LAS VEGAS (MCCARRAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT)...113 TO 116 MESQUITE AND THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY...115 TO 121 PAHRUMP...109 TO 114 BARSTOW...110 TO 117 MORONGO BASIN...107 TO 117 KINGMAN... 103 TO 108 BISHOP...105 TO 108 CALIENTE...104 TO 105 DEATH VALLEY... 124 TO 128. * TIMING: THE PROLONGED HEAT WAVE IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH THURSDAY. LITTLE RELIEF IS EXPECTED AT NIGHT... ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS SUCH AS THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY WHERE LOW TEMPERATURES NEAR THE STRIP AND DOWNTOWN MAY NOT DROP BELOW 90 DEGREES. * GREATEST IMPACTS: THIS IS A LIFE-THREATENING HEAT EVENT FOR THOSE AT RISK. A TOTAL OF 17 PEOPLE DIED FROM HEAT-RELATED CAUSES IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY FROM JULY 14TH TO 23RD IN 2005...WHEN TEMPERATURES WERE OBSERVED AT OR ABOVE 112 FROM THE 14TH TO 17TH. THE PEAK TEMPERATURE DURING THAT PERIOD WAS 117. CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC AILMENTS ARE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS. CRAMPS...HEAT EXHAUSTION...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. HEAT EXHAUSTION SYMPTOMS INCLUDE NAUSEA...HEADACHES...DIZZINESS AND PROFUSE SWEATING. TREATMENT: GET INDOORS...COOL THE BODY AND DRINK WATER. HEAT STROKE SYMPTOMS INCLUDE AN INCREASE IN BODY TEMPERATURE WHICH LEADS TO DELIRIOUSNESS...UNCONSCIOUSNESS AND RED...DRY SKIN. DEATH CAN OCCUR WHEN BODY TEMPERATURES REACH OR EXCEED 106-107 DEGREES. TREATMENT: COOL THE BODY...SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL ATTENTION. 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. 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 911.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Jul 2013 23:15:43 +0000
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