URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SACRAMENTO CA 250 PM PDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ...DANGEROUS HEAT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK... .STRONG HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS BRINGING VERY HOT DAYTIME TEMPERATURES. THIS HEAT EVENT IS EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK...POSSIBLY LONGER. IN ADDITION TO THE HOT DAYS...OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S...OFFERING MINIMAL RELIEF. CAZ015>019-064-066-067-011200- /O.CON.KSTO.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-130704T0100Z/ NORTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-CENTRAL SACRAMENTO VALLEY- SOUTHERN SACRAMENTO VALLEY-CARQUINEZ STRAIT AND DELTA- NORTHERN SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY-CLEAR LAKE/SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY- NORTHEAST FOOTHILLS/SACRAMENTO VALLEY-MOTHERLODE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...REDDING...CHICO...SACRAMENTO... STOCKTON...MODESTO...LAKEPORT...PARADISE...GRASS VALLEY 250 PM PDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT WEDNESDAY... * DAYTIME HIGH TEMPERATURES: DAYTIME TEMPERATURE VALUES IN THE VALLEY AND FOOTHILLS WILL CLIMB TO THE 108 TO 117 RANGE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. OVERNIGHT MINIMUM TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY DROP MOSTLY INTO THE 70S TO LOWER 80S. * TIMING: HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH A SLIGHT COOLING EXPECTED ON THURSDAY. * LOCATIONS INCLUDE: STOCKTON...MODESTO...SACRAMENTO...CHICO... REDDING...PARADISE...GRASS VALLEY...LAKEPORT. * IMPACTS: INCREASED LEVELS OF HEAT STRESS TO PEOPLE AND LIVESTOCK...WITH LIMITED RELIEF FROM THE HEAT OVERNIGHT. * FOR A DETAILED VIEW OF THE HAZARD AREA...VISIT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SACRAMENTO/HAZARDS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT EXTRA PRECAUTIONS ARE NEEDED 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. REMEMBER THAT CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY ARE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES.
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