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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
417 AM PDT SAT JUL 15 2006
...DANGEROUS HEAT EXPECTED SATURDAY ACROSS THE VALLEYS AND LOWER
MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA...
.VERY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL AFFECT THE VALLEYS AND LOWER MOUNTAIN
ELEVATIONS TODAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REACH
100 TO 110 IN MOST VALLEY LOCATIONS...WITH THE HOTTEST AREAS AS HIGH
AS 112 DEGREES. HIGH TEMPERATURES OF 95 TO 105 CAN BE EXPECTED AT
LOWER ELEVATIONS IN THE MOUNTAINS. THE HIGH HEAT COMBINED WITH
INCREASING HUMIDITY LEVELS TODAY SHOULD PRODUCE DANGEROUSLY
HIGH HEAT INDEX VALUES ACROSS THE REGION.
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SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-CUYAMA VALLEY-
VENTURA COUNTY INTERIOR VALLEYS-VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL VALLEYS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY VALLEYS-SANTA CLARITA VALLEY-
417 AM PDT SAT JUL 15 2006
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON.
VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH INCREASING HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 105 TO
112 DEGREES FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.
CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT STROKE. NO
PERSON OR PET SHOULD EVER STAY IN AN ENCLOSED VEHICLE EVEN FOR THE
SHORTEST AMOUNT OF TIME. TEMPERATURES QUICKLY RISE TO LIFE-
THREATENING LEVELS...EVEN IF THE WINDOWS ARE PARTIALLY OPEN.
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT
TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS
SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF
FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...
AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.