From the National Weather Service
Excessive Heat Warning
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SALT LAKE CITY UT 303 AM MDT TUE JUN 21 2016 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * AFFECTED AREA...UTAHS DIXIE INCLUDING ZION NATIONAL PARK...THE SAN RAFAEL SWELL INCLUDING PORTIONS OF CANYONLANDS AND CAPITOL REEF NATIONAL PARKS...AND THE GLEN CANYON RECREATION AREA INCLUDING LAKE POWELL. * TIMING...THROUGH THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE HEAT CAN BE DANGEROUS...ESPECIALLY FOR OUTDOOR RECREATION...THOSE WORKING OUTSIDE AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR CONDITIONING OR SWAMP COOLERS. YOUNG CHILDREN... THE ELDERLY AND THOSE WITH PREEXISTING MEDICAL CONDITIONS WILL BE MOST IMPACTED. * HEAT INDEX VALUES...AROUND 105. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURE WILL OCCUR. THE HOT TEMPERATURES WILL 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. For more information go to The National Weather Service Website
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