Extreme Heat Watch

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Hanford CA
609 AM PDT Tue Aug 19 2025

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West Side Mountains north of 198-Los Banos - Dos Palos-Merced -
Madera - Mendota-Planada - Le Grand - Snelling-Coalinga - Avenal-
West Side of Fresno and Kings Counties-Caruthers - San Joaquin -
Selma-Fresno-Clovis-West Side Mountains South of 198-Buttonwillow
- Lost Hills - I5-Delano-Wasco-Shafter-Hanford - Corcoran -
Lemoore-Visalia - Porterville - Reedley-Buena Vista-Bakersfield-
Southeast San Joaquin Valley-South End San Joaquin Valley-Kern
River Valley-
Including the cities of San Luis Reservoir, Selma, Goshen,
Lamont, Arvin, Hanford, Lemoore, Avenal, Lake Mcclure, Tulare,
Planada, Corcoran, Delano, Wasco, Los Banos, Sanger, Kettleman
City, Merced, Lake Isabella, Alpaugh, Kerman, Fresno, Visalia,
Kernville, Atwater, Parlier, Le Grand, Bakersfield, Kingsburg,
Richgrove, Blackwells Corner, Taft, McKittrick, Five Points,
Porterville, Madera, Coalinga, Lemoore Station, Lost Hills,
Shafter, and Buttonwillow
609 AM PDT Tue Aug 19 2025

...EXTREME HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with high temperatures up to 106
  degrees possible. Warm overnight lows around 75 to 80 degrees in
  the urban areas from Friday until Sunday morning.

* WHERE...A portion of central California.

* WHEN...From Friday morning through Sunday morning.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
  extreme heat and high humidity events.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Car
interiors will reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes.

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