Excessive Heat Warning

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LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY AZ-WEST CENTRAL DESERTS-
NORTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-GREATER PHOENIX AREA-
YUMA/MARTINEZ LAKE AND VICINITY-SOUTHWEST DESERTS-
SOUTHWEST MARICOPA COUNTY-
NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
LOWER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-RIVERSIDE COUNTY/EASTERN DESERTS-
IMPERIAL COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EHRENBERG...PARKER...QUARTZSITE...

SALOME...BUCKEYE...NEW RIVER...WICKENBURG...MESA...PHOENIX...

FORTUNA FOOTHILLS...YUMA...TACNA...WELLTON...GILA BEND...

APACHE JUNCTION...CASA GRANDE...FLORENCE...BLYTHE...

CHIRIACO SUMMIT...DESERT CENTER...BRAWLEY...CALEXICO...EL CENTRO
157 PM MST WED MAY 30 2012 /157 PM PDT WED MAY 30 2012/

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MST /10 AM PDT/ TO
8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/ THURSDAY...

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MST /10 AM PDT/ TO
8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/ FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PHOENIX HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MST /10 AM PDT/ TO
8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/ THURSDAY. ANOTHER EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED FROM 10 AM MST /10 AM PDT/ TO 8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/ FRIDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL ARIZONA 
DESERTS AND LOWER DESERTS OF FAR SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA. CITIES 
INCLUDE...THE PHOENIX METRO AREA...YUMA...EL CENTRO...CASA 
GRANDE...WICKENBURG...PARKER AND BLYTHE. 

* TEMPERATURE...RECORD OR NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES. ON
THURSDAY...FROM 109 DEGREES IN PHOENIX TO 113 DEGREES IN PARKER. ON
FRIDAY...FROM 112 DEGREES IN PHOENIX TO 114 IN PARKER.

* IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES THIS HOT WILL MAKE WORKING OUTDOORS 
CONSIDERABLY MORE DIFFICULT. HEAT STROKE WILL BE MORE LIKELY 
FOR THOSE ENGAGING IN STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. THE HEAT 
CAN CAUSE UNDUE HEALTH DIFFICULTIES TO THE ELDERLY AND THOSE 
WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. 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.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook

158 PM MST WED MAY 30 2012 /158 PM PDT WED MAY 30 2012/

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MST /10 AM PDT/ TO
8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/ THURSDAY...

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MST /10 AM PDT/ TO
8 PM MST /8 PM PDT/ FRIDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST 
ARIZONA...EXTREME WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA...SOUTH-CENTRAL 
ARIZONA...SOUTHWEST ARIZONA...WEST-CENTRAL ARIZONA AND EXTREME 
SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

There are currently no Special Weather Statements Gadsden, Arizona.

There are currently no Short Term Forecasts Gadsden, Arizona.