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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
1041 AM PDT MON JUN 30 2014

...A BRIEF SPELL OF HOT WEATHER EXPECTED TUESDAY IN SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...

SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON WILL SEE A BRIEF SPELL OF HOT WEATHER ON TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY WILL BE CLOSE TO OR POSSIBLY EXCEED THE HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR SO FAR IN MANY LOCATIONS...MOST OF WHICH HAD OCCURRED BACK IN MID MAY. EVEN THE COAST WILL BE VERY WARM ON TUESDAY.

AT THIS POINT...IT APPEARS INLAND AREAS WILL LIKELY REACH THE MID AND POSSIBLY THE UPPER 90S ON TUESDAY. MANY COASTAL LOCATIONS WILL PUSH UP INTO THE 80S...AND A FEW INTO THE UPPER 80S OR CLOSE TO 90 DEGREES.

BE SURE TO STAY HYDRATED ON TUESDAY...AND AVOID EXTRA EXERTION DURING THE PEAK OF THE HEAT IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. DO NOT LEAVE CHILDREN OR PETS UNATTENDED IN CARS.

MANY FATALITIES THAT HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE YEARS DURING EPISODES OF HOT WEATHER OCCUR ON AREA RIVERS. WHILE RIVER TEMPS HAVE WARMED CONSIDERABLY SINCE SPRING...CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION AND WEAR LIFE JACKETS IF YOU ARE INVOLVED IN RECREATION ON AREA RIVERS.