Heat warning extended through Sunday night
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Keep hydrating, because it's pretty hot out there. An excessive heat warning has been extended for the Las Vegas Valley until 9 p.m. Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. The warning covers elevations below 4,000 feet in Southern Nevada.
Temperatures are expected to exceed 110 degrees in many areas. In addition, unusually high humidity will make it feel several degrees hotter than it did Thursday in the valley.
Saturday's official high was 112 degrees, four degrees short of the record high of 116, which was set in 2005, the weather service reported. The normal high for the date is 105.
Nine cooling stations will be open to the homeless through the weekend because temperatures are expected rise to dangerous levels. The cooling stations will be open during daylight hours. They are:
-- Black Mountain Recreation Center, 599 Greenway Road., Henderson.
-- Cambridge Recreation Center, 3930 Cambridge St., near Flamingo Road and Maryland Parkway.
-- Dula Gymnasium, 441 E. Bonanza Road., near Las Vegas Boulevard.
-- Hollywood Recreation Center, 1650 S. Hollywood Blvd., near Charleston Boulevard.
-- Islamic Society of Nevada, 4730 E. Desert Inn Road, near Boulder Highway.
-- Pearson Community Center, 1625 W. Carey Ave., near Martin Luther King Boulevard, North Las Vegas.
-- Valley View Recreation Center, 500 Harris St., Henderson.
-- Winchester Cultural Center, 3130 S. McLeod Drive, near Desert Inn.
-- Walnut Recreation Center, 3075 N. Walnut Road, near East Cheyenne Avenue.
For more information, call 211.
