Ok, I thought 101 was bad. Take a look at this.
National Weather Service: “Owens Valley, Adjacent Eastern Sierra Slopes (California)
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE…CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAS VEGAS NV
257 AM PDT TUE JUL 12 2005
AZZ001>003-036-CAZ026>029-NVZ014>017-020>022-121700-
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK CA-ESMERALDA AND CENTRAL NYE COUNTY NV-
LAKE HAVASU AND FORT MOHAVE AZ-LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA AZ-
LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA NV-LAS VEGAS VALLEY NV-
LINCOLN COUNTY NV-NORTHEAST CLARK COUNTY NV-NORTHWEST DESERTS AZ-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU AZ-
OWENS VALLEY AND ADJACENT EASTERN SIERRA SLOPES CA-
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DESERTS CA-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY-
UPPER COLORADO RIVER VALLEY CA-SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTY NV-
WESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN NYE COUNTY NV-
257 AM PDT TUE JUL 12 2005
…EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM PDT (6 PM MST)
WEDNESDAY…
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY AND WEDNESDAY
FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 4000 FEET MSL FOR SOUTHERN NEVADA…EXTREME
NORTHWEST ARIZONA AND SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA.
A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ALLOW DAYTIME TEMPERATURES TO
BE NEAR RECORD HIGH VALUES BOTH DAYS ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL
RESULT IN AFTERNOON HIGHS APPROACHING 112 IN THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY…
NEAR 118 ALONG THE COLORADO RIVER…AND BETWEEN 120 AND 125 IN DEATH
VALLEY.”
Glad I’m not one of the millions of Americans visiting Las Vegas at this very moment.
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