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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOS ANGELES/OXNARD CA
852 AM PDT THU JUL 4 2013

...EXCESSIVE HEAT CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE
LOWER MOUNTAIN ELEVATIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA THROUGH
INDEPENDENCE DAY...

.IT WILL REMAIN HOT AND HUMID ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS THROUGH THE
FOURTH OF JULY...ESPECIALLY AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. HEAT INDEX
READINGS WILL CLIMB TO BETWEEN 100 AND 105 IN MANY LOWER
ELEVATION LOCATIONS EACH AFTERNOON.

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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-VENTURA COUNTY MOUNTAINS-
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MOUNTAINS EXCLUDING THE SANTA MONICA RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SAN MARCOS PASS...
SAN RAFAEL WILDERNESS AREA...DICK SMITH WILDERNESS AREA...
LOCKWOOD VALLEY...MOUNT PINOS...ACTON...MOUNT WILSON...SANDBERG
852 AM PDT THU JUL 4 2013

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM PDT THIS
EVENING...

* TEMPERATURES AND HEAT INDEX...AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AND HEAT 
  INDEX READINGS ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO BETWEEN 100 AND 105 
  DEGREES AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 4500 FEET. HIGHER MOUNTAIN 
  ELEVATIONS WILL ALSO HAVE TEMPERATURES APPROACH RECORD LEVELS 
  WITH TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 80S AND 90S. IT WILL REMAIN 
  VERY WARM OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...WITH TEMPERATURES BOTTOMING OUT 
  ONLY IN THE 70S AND LOWER 80S IN MANY LOCATIONS.

* IMPACTS...CHILDREN...THE ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE WITH CHRONIC 
  AILMENTS ARE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS. 
  HEAT EXHAUSTION...CRAMPS...OR IN EXTREME CASES HEAT STROKE CAN 
  RESULT FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS. PEOPLE 
  SHOULD AVOID STRENUOUS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...INCLUDING HIKING 
  AND MOUNTAIN BIKING...DURING THE WARMEST PARTS OF THE DAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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. ALSO...NEVER...EVER LEAVE CHILDREN...
THE ELDERLY OR PETS IN ENCLOSED VEHICLES...EVEN FOR A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME. EVEN IF THE WINDOWS ARE PARTIALLY OPEN...
TEMPERATURES CAN QUICKLY RISE TO LIFE-THREATENING LEVELS.

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