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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUCSON AZ
345 AM MST FRI AUG 8 2025
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WESTERN PIMA COUNTY-TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION-UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER
VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY-TUCSON METRO AREA-SOUTH CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY-UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER VALLEY-EASTERN
COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET-UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY-
BABOQUIVARI MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WILLCOX, SAFFORD, AJO, ORACLE, SIERRA
VISTA, TUCSON, DOUGLAS, VAIL, PICACHO PEAK STATE PARK, MAMMOTH,
KITT PEAK, NOGALES, ORGAN PIPE CACTUS N.M., MARANA, GREEN VALLEY,
SELLS, CLIFTON, AND BENSON
345 AM MST FRI AUG 8 2025
...EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...NOT AS HOT AS THE PAST TWO DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES RANGING
FROM 100 TO 111 DEGREES, HOTTEST ACROSS PIMA COUNTY AND
SOUTH-CENTRAL PINAL COUNTY.
* WHERE...EASTERN COCHISE COUNTY BELOW 5000 FEET, SOUTH CENTRAL
PINAL COUNTY, SOUTHEAST PINAL COUNTY, TOHONO O'ODHAM NATION,
TUCSON METRO AREA, UPPER GILA RIVER VALLEY, UPPER SAN PEDRO RIVER
VALLEY, UPPER SANTA CRUZ RIVER VALLEY/ALTAR VALLEY, AND WESTERN
PIMA COUNTY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING
EXTREME HEAT EVENTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT LEAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS IN UNATTENDED VEHICLES. CAR
INTERIORS WILL REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
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.
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS 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 LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE
AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.
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