188  
WWUS76 KOTX 161749  
NPWOTX  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA  
1049 AM PDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
IDZ026-WAZ032-034-035-041-170700-  
/O.NEW.KOTX.FZ.W.0002.260417T0900Z-260417T1500Z/  
LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-MOSES LAKE AREA-  
UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WILBUR, CRESTON, CLARKSTON, POMEROY,  
LEWISTON, NUMBER 1 CANYON, ODESSA, GRAND COULEE, ALPOWA SUMMIT,  
EPHRATA, ENTIAT, MOSES LAKE, HARRINGTON, CASHMERE, NUMBER  
2 CANYON, OTHELLO, RITZVILLE, PANGBORN AIRPORT, CHELAN, GIFFORD,  
CULDESAC, QUINCY, PECK, LEWISTON GRADE, LAPWAI, COULEE CITY, AND  
WENATCHEE  
1049 AM PDT THU APR 16 2026  
   
..FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT FRIDAY  
 
* WHAT...TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 27 DEGREES EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...WILBUR, CRESTON, CLARKSTON, POMEROY, LEWISTON, NUMBER 1  
CANYON, ODESSA, GRAND COULEE, ALPOWA SUMMIT, EPHRATA, ENTIAT,  
MOSES LAKE, HARRINGTON, CASHMERE, NUMBER 2 CANYON, OTHELLO,  
RITZVILLE, PANGBORN AIRPORT, CHELAN, GIFFORD, CULDESAC, QUINCY,  
PECK, LEWISTON GRADE, LAPWAI, COULEE CITY, AND WENATCHEE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FROST AND FREEZE CONDITIONS COULD KILL CROPS, OTHER  
SENSITIVE VEGETATION AND POSSIBLY DAMAGE UNPROTECTED OUTDOOR  
PLUMBING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.  
 
 
 
 
 
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