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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA
209 PM PDT WED AUG 20 2025
IDZ026-WAZ032-034-035-041-043-044-047-049-210515-
/O.NEW.KOTX.XH.A.0002.250823T1900Z-250827T0400Z/
LEWISTON AREA-LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-MOSES LAKE AREA-
UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE
PLATEAU-CENTRAL CHELAN COUNTY-WESTERN OKANOGAN COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LOUP LOUP PASS, POMEROY, BREWSTER, PECK,
PANGBORN AIRPORT, PLAIN, HARRINGTON, GIFFORD, MOSES LAKE,
CLARKSTON, ODESSA, RITZVILLE, WILBUR, LAPWAI, EPHRATA, WENATCHEE,
OROVILLE, MAZAMA, CASHMERE, MANSFIELD, COULEE CITY, ALPOWA
SUMMIT, METHOW, BRIDGEPORT, CHELAN, OKANOGAN, LEWISTON GRADE,
CONCONULLY, TONASKET, GRAND COULEE, OMAK, OTHELLO, DISAUTEL PASS,
QUINCY, ENTIAT, LEWISTON, WINTHROP, NESPELEM, NUMBER 2 CANYON,
CRESTON, BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD, LEAVENWORTH, CULDESAC, TWISP,
NUMBER 1 CANYON, AND WATERVILLE
209 PM PDT WED AUG 20 2025
...EXTREME HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...HOT TEMPERATURES. HIGH TEMPERATURES 95 TO 102 DEGREES.
LIMITED OVERNIGHT RELIEF WITH LOW TEMPERATURES 65 TO 74.
* WHERE...LOUP LOUP PASS, POMEROY, BREWSTER, PECK, PANGBORN AIRPORT,
PLAIN, HARRINGTON, GIFFORD, MOSES LAKE, CLARKSTON, ODESSA,
RITZVILLE, WILBUR, LAPWAI, EPHRATA, WENATCHEE, OROVILLE, MAZAMA,
CASHMERE, MANSFIELD, COULEE CITY, ALPOWA SUMMIT, METHOW,
BRIDGEPORT, CHELAN, OKANOGAN, LEWISTON GRADE, CONCONULLY,
TONASKET, GRAND COULEE, OMAK, OTHELLO, DISAUTEL PASS, QUINCY,
ENTIAT, LEWISTON, WINTHROP, NESPELEM, NUMBER 2 CANYON, CRESTON,
BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD, LEAVENWORTH, CULDESAC, TWISP, NUMBER 1
CANYON, AND WATERVILLE.
* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT-RELATED
ILLNESSES. HEAT OF THIS MAGNITUDE AFFECTS ANYONE WITHOUT COOLING
AND HYDRATION AS WELL AS HEALTH SYSTEMS AND INDUSTRIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF
THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
DO NOT LEAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS IN UNATTENDED VEHICLES. CAR
INTERIORS WILL REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN OUTSIDE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE
FITTING CLOTHING. TRY TO LIMIT STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. TAKE ACTION WHEN YOU SEE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE.
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK, THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN
SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT
SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN
EMERGENCY! CALL 9 1 1.
FEWKES
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