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Colorado Gets First Excessive Heat Warning On Record With Highs Set To Near 110 Degrees

The warning begins at noon on June 11 and lasts until midnight Friday.

By Chris Spears, CBS Denver:


DENVER (CBS4) – It’s a first in the state of Colorado in the modern weather record. The National Weather Service in Grand Junction has issued an Excessive Heat Warning for parts of the Western Slope starting at noon on Monday and lasting until midnight on Friday.

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The forecast calls for high temperatures to reach between 100 and 110 degrees for several days this week in extreme western Colorado. Overnight lows will be in the 70s and lower 80s. Grand Junction will threaten their all-time record high of 106 degrees which was recorded in 2005.

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