.. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /5 AM PDT/ WEDNESDAY…
THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST /5 AM PDT/ WEDNESDAY.
* AFFECTED AREA… SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA… SOUTHWEST ARIZONA… AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PHOENIX… CASA GRANDE… GILA BEND… YUMA… BLYTHE… IMPERIAL AND EL CENTRO.
* TEMPERATURE… AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL GENERALLY RANGE FROM 111 TO 116 DEGREES… WHILE OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM THE MID TO UPPER 80S IN RURAL AREAS TO LOWER 90S IN URBAN AREAS.
* IMPACTS… THESE EXCESSIVELY HOT TEMPERATURES CAN BE STRESSFUL TO HUMANS… AS WELL AS ANIMALS WITHOUT PROPER PRECAUTIONS. THE WARM OVERNIGHT TEMPERATURES AND 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.
