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The warning had been issued for 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, Fresno area, Fresno-Clovis, West Side Mountains South of 198, Delano-Wasco-Shafter, Hanford – Corcoran – Lemoore, Visalia – Porterville – Reedley, Bakersfield, Southeast San Joaquin Valley, South End San Joaquin Valley, Mariposa Madera Foothills, Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra, Fresno-Tulare Foothills, South End Sierra Foothills, Kern River Valley, Tehachapi, Grapevine, Frazier Mountain Communities, Indian Wells Valley, Mojave Desert Slopes and Mojave Desert as well as Kern and Buena Vista counties.
“The Extreme Heat Warning across the Central California Interior will be allowed to expire at 8 p.m. this evening. Temperatures will cool by a few degrees on Tuesday, with widespread Moderate to Minor Heat Risk. More noticeable cooling will be seen on Wednesday and the remainder of the week. Therefore, the threat has ended,” describes the NWS Hanford CA.
The warning is in effect until 8 p.m.
Source: The National Weather Service
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This story was originally published August 8, 2026 at 9:28 AM.