356  
WWUS76 KSEW 161928  
NPWSEW  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEATTLE WA  
1228 PM PDT THU APR 16 2026  
 
WAZ308-309-318>320-170500-  
/O.NEW.KSEW.FR.Y.0006.260417T0800Z-260417T1600Z/  
FOOTHILLS AND VALLEYS OF PIERCE AND SOUTHERN KING COUNTIES-  
FOOTHILLS AND VALLEYS OF THURSTON AND LEWIS COUNTIES-LOWLANDS OF  
LEWIS AND SOUTHERN THURSTON COUNTIES-MIDDLE CHEHALIS RIVER VALLEY-  
WILLAPA AND BLACK HILLS-  
INCLUDING MCCLEARY, ELK PLAIN, GRAND MOUND, CHEHALIS, PE ELL,  
MORTON, MONTESANO, MOSSYROCK, SOUTH HILL, PRAIRIE RIDGE, FORDS  
PRAIRIE, ROCHESTER, ELMA, LEA HILL, COVINGTON-SAWYER-W, MAPLE  
VALLEY, AND ENUMCLAW  
1228 PM PDT THU APR 16 2026  
   
..FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PDT FRIDAY  
 
* WHAT...TEMPERATURES AS LOW AS 33 TO 36 WILL RESULT IN FROST  
FORMATION.  
 
* WHERE...MIDDLE CHEHALIS RIVER VALLEY, FOOTHILLS AND VALLEYS OF  
PIERCE AND SOUTHERN KING COUNTIES, FOOTHILLS AND VALLEYS OF  
THURSTON AND LEWIS COUNTIES, LOWLANDS OF LEWIS AND SOUTHERN  
THURSTON COUNTIES, AND WILLAPA AND BLACK HILLS.  
 
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM PDT FRIDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...FROST COULD HARM SENSITIVE OUTDOOR VEGETATION. SENSITIVE  
OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TAKE STEPS NOW TO PROTECT TENDER PLANTS FROM THE COLD.  
 
 
 
 
 
JD  
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