050  
WWUS76 KOTX 201850  
NPWOTX  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPOKANE WA  
1150 AM PDT MON JUL 20 2026  
 
IDZ001-002-026-027-WAZ031>038-041-043-044-047>049-211515-  
/O.NEW.KOTX.HT.Y.0003.260721T1600Z-260723T0400Z/  
NORTHERN PANHANDLE-COEUR D'ALENE AREA-LEWISTON AREA-LEWIS AND  
SOUTHERN NEZ PERCE COUNTIES-NORTHEAST BLUE MOUNTAINS-LOWER  
GARFIELD AND ASOTIN COUNTIES-WASHINGTON PALOUSE-MOSES LAKE AREA-  
UPPER COLUMBIA BASIN-SPOKANE AREA-NORTHEAST MOUNTAINS-OKANOGAN  
HIGHLANDS-WENATCHEE AREA-OKANOGAN VALLEY-WATERVILLE PLATEAU-  
CENTRAL CHELAN COUNTY-WESTERN CHELAN COUNTY-WESTERN OKANOGAN  
COUNTY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OROVILLE, MANSFIELD, UNIONTOWN, TWISP,  
LEWISTON, CLARKSTON, METALINE FALLS, IONE, BADGER MOUNTAIN ROAD,  
WATERVILLE, GIFFORD, SANDPOINT, DAVENPORT, NUMBER 2 CANYON, OMAK,  
NEZPERCE, SCHWEITZER MOUNTAIN ROAD, NUMBER 1 CANYON, OKANOGAN,  
RITZVILLE, CHEWELAH, CLARK FORK, WINTHROP, CRESTON, WENATCHEE,  
BRIDGEPORT, WILBUR, DEER PARK, TEKOA, ATHOL, NORTHPORT, PANGBORN  
AIRPORT, POST FALLS, TONASKET, BOULDER CREEK ROAD, EASTPORT,  
CHENEY, EPHRATA, PULLMAN, HOLDEN VILLAGE, LA CROSSE, DOWNTOWN  
SPOKANE, BREWSTER, GRAND COULEE, KAMIAH, ROSALIA, MOUNTAIN ROAD,  
PLAIN, MOSES LAKE, ALPOWA SUMMIT, QUINCY, SPRINGDALE-HUNTERS  
ROAD, ROCKFORD, ODESSA, COEUR D'ALENE, LAPWAI, HIGHWAY  
20 WAUCONDA SUMMIT, POMEROY, ORIN-RICE ROAD, ANATONE, LEWISTON  
GRADE, METALINE, WINCHESTER, METHOW, FRUITLAND, PECK, CHESAW  
ROAD, CULDESAC, NESPELEM, CLOVERLAND ROAD, COLVILLE, REPUBLIC,  
PRIEST RIVER, FAIRFIELD, HARRINGTON, COULEE CITY, SOLDIERS MEADOW  
ROAD, CHELAN, SPOKANE VALLEY, DISAUTEL PASS, STEVENS PASS,  
CONCONULLY, CRAIGMONT, CASHMERE, BONNERS FERRY, WORLEY, FLOWERY  
TRAIL ROAD, KETTLE FALLS, WAUCONDA, STEHEKIN, OAKESDALE, NEWPORT,  
LOUP LOUP PASS, ENTIAT, PEOLA, MAZAMA, OTHELLO, SHERMAN PASS,  
TIGER, COLFAX, AIRWAY HEIGHTS, HAYDEN, LEAVENWORTH, AND INCHELIUM  
1150 AM PDT MON JUL 20 2026  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO 9 PM PDT WEDNESDAY
 
 
* WHAT...HOT TEMPERATURES WITH DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE MID 90S TO NEAR  
100 DEGREES TUESDAY, AND UPPER 90S TO LOW 100S WEDNESDAY.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF THE IDAHO PANHANDLE AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN  
WASHINGTON.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 9 AM TUESDAY TO 9 PM PDT WEDNESDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES MAY CAUSE HEAT ILLNESSES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY BE THE HOTTEST DAY THIS  
WEEK, THOUGH ADDITIONAL HEAT ADVISORIES MAY BE NEEDED ON THURSDAY.  
LIMITED OVERNIGHT RELIEF EXPECTED ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS  
TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE  
MID 60S TO MID 70S.  
 
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.  
 
MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES.  
 

 
 

 
 
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