501  
WWUS76 KOTX 220449  
NPWOTX  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA  
949 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
 
IDZ027-WAZ031>035-038-041-043-044-047-049-220600-  
/O.EXP.KOTX.HT.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-260822T0500Z/  
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-  
LOWER GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE  
AREA-UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-OKANOGAN HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-  
OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-CENTRAL CHELAN COUNTY-WESTERN  
OKANOGAN COUNTY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CHESAW ROAD, METHOW, INCHELIUM, REPUBLIC,  
OMAK, GRAND COULEE, PANGBORN AIRPORT, BREWSTER, BADGER MOUNTAIN  
ROAD, MAZAMA, NESPELEM, WATERVILLE, OAKESDALE, ANATONE,  
CRAIGMONT, RITZVILLE, TWISP, HIGHWAY 20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, DISAUTEL  
PASS, PULLMAN, WENATCHEE, QUINCY, LOUP LOUP PASS, MANSFIELD,  
SHERMAN PASS, OKANOGAN, UNIONTOWN, TONASKET, ENTIAT, ALPOWA  
SUMMIT, HARRINGTON, CASHMERE, WINTHROP, OROVILLE, OTHELLO,  
WAUCONDA, CLOVERLAND ROAD, POMEROY, NEZPERCE, ROSALIA, SOLDIERS  
MEADOW ROAD, MOSES LAKE, CONCONULLY, COULEE CITY, PLAIN, PEOLA,  
ODESSA, NUMBER 1 CANYON, EPHRATA, KAMIAH, LA CROSSE, CLARKSTON,  
WILBUR, NUMBER 2 CANYON, TEKOA, BRIDGEPORT, MOUNTAIN ROAD,  
LEAVENWORTH, CRESTON, CHELAN, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, WINCHESTER, AND  
COLFAX  
949 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM PDT THIS EVENING  
 
 
 
IDZ001>004-026-WAZ036-037-230200-  
/O.EXT.KOTX.HT.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-260823T0200Z/  
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-IDAHO PALOUSE-CENTRAL  
PANHANDLE MOUNTAINS-LEWISTON AREA-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST  
MOUNTAINS-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MOSCOW, LOOKOUT PASS, COLVILLE, FERNWOOD,  
GIFFORD, DEER PARK, HAYDEN, COEUR D'ALENE, BONNERS FERRY, POST  
FALLS, LAPWAI, ROCKFORD, METALINE FALLS, SANDPOINT, FRUITLAND,  
CHENEY, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD, DOBSON PASS,  
DAVENPORT, METALINE, PECK, WALLACE, FAIRFIELD, NEWPORT, CLARK  
FORK, IONE, PRIEST RIVER, TIGER, KELLOGG, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN  
ROAD, ST. MARIES, SPOKANE VALLEY, ATHOL, PINEHURST, LEWISTON,  
WORLEY, GENESEE, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, ORIN-RICE ROAD, KETTLE  
FALLS, OSBURN, POTLATCH, EASTPORT, LEWISTON GRADE, MULLAN,  
DOWNTOWN SPOKANE, CHEWELAH, NORTHPORT, PLUMMER, AIRWAY HEIGHTS,  
AND CULDESAC  
949 PM PDT FRI AUG 21 2026  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM PDT SATURDAY  
 
* WHAT...HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MID TO UPPER 90S  
RESULTING IN MODERATE TO MAJOR HEATRISK.  
 
* WHERE...MOSCOW, LOOKOUT PASS, COLVILLE, FERNWOOD, GIFFORD, DEER  
PARK, HAYDEN, COEUR D'ALENE, BONNERS FERRY, POST FALLS, LAPWAI,  
ROCKFORD, METALINE FALLS, SANDPOINT, FRUITLAND, CHENEY,  
SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS ROAD, FLOWERY TRAIL ROAD, DOBSON PASS,  
DAVENPORT, METALINE, PECK, WALLACE, FAIRFIELD, NEWPORT, CLARK  
FORK, IONE, PRIEST RIVER, TIGER, KELLOGG, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN  
ROAD, ST. MARIES, SPOKANE VALLEY, ATHOL, PINEHURST, LEWISTON,  
WORLEY, GENESEE, FOURTH OF JULY PASS, ORIN-RICE ROAD, KETTLE  
FALLS, OSBURN, POTLATCH, EASTPORT, LEWISTON GRADE, MULLAN,  
DOWNTOWN SPOKANE, CHEWELAH, NORTHPORT, PLUMMER, AIRWAY HEIGHTS,  
AND CULDESAC.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 7 PM PDT SATURDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE HEAT ILLNESSES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S AND 70S FRIDAY  
NIGHT HAVE PROVIDED LITTLE OVERNIGHT RELIEF AND TEMPERATURES WILL  
WARM INTO THE 90S SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
 
 
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