Maricopa

National Weather Service has extended an Excessive Heat Warning for: 

• Graham and Greenlee Counties from 8/14/19 10 AM to 8/15/19 8 PM
• *Gila, La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, and Yuma Counties from 8/13/19 10 AM to 8/16/19 8 PM
• Mohave County from 8/14/19 8 AM to 8/16/19 8 PM
• *Pima County from 8/14/19 10 AM to 8/16/19 8 PM

*Extended Time

National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for Gila, La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, and Yuma Counties from 8/13/19 10 AM to 8/15/19 8 PM and Graham, Greenlee, and Pima Counties from 8/14/19 10 AM to 8/15/19 8 PM

Newly Added: 

Mohave County from 8/14/19 8 AM to 8/16/19 8 PM

Daytime highs are expected to be in the 104 to 118 degrees Fahrenheit range. Residents are advised to stay cool, stay hydrated, and stay informed.

The National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for : 

• Gila, La Paz, Maricopa, Pinal, and Yuma Counties from 8/13/19 from 10 AM to 8/15/19 8 PM
• Graham, Greenlee, and Pima Counties from 8/14/19 from 10 AM to 8/15/19 8 PM

Daytime highs are expected to be in the 104 to 118 F degree range. Residents are advised to stay cool, stay hydrated, and stay informed.

Precautions to prevent heat exhaustion or heat stroke:

National Weather Service has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for Gila, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, and Yuma Counties from 8/3 10 AM to 8/5 8PM.

Daytime highs are expected to be in the 105-114 degrees Fahrenheit range and overnight lows in the mid to upper 80s. Residents are advised to stay cool, stay hydrated, and stay informed.

Beginning June 21, due to dry and hot conditions, fire restrictions will be implemented on Bureau of Land Management lands within the Phoenix District. The district’s 2.4 million acres of public lands in Arizona extend across portions of eight counties, including Pima, Pinal, Maricopa, Gila, Yavapai, Coconino, Navajo and Apache counties. Visitors to public lands in these counties are encouraged to plan before recreating in the area and check for updates for local weather and fire conditions.

Beginning June 21, the following are temporarily prohibited until rescinded:

Flooding forced the closure of State Route 238 between mileposts 40 and 24 west of Maricopa, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.

There is no estimated reopening time.

Beginning April 20 campfire and smoking restrictions will be implemented on state lands and federally managed public lands in central and western Arizona which includes Yavapai, Maricopa, La Paz Yuma, Mohave and Gila counties, as well as portions of Pinal county.

Beginning April 20 campfire and smoking restrictions will be implemented on state lands and federally managed public lands in central and western Arizona which includes Yavapai, Maricopa, La Paz Yuma, Mohave and Gila counties, as well as portions of Pinal county.

Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded Arizona small businesses of the May 3, 2018, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury caused by post-fire flooding from monsoon storms that occurred July 19 - Sept. 30, 2017.

Rabies activity in Arizona’s gray fox populations has quadrupled in the last year according to data released by the Arizona Department of Health Services.