Full Notification

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
221 PM PDT MON JUN 30 2014

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT TUESDAY FOR THE INLAND VALLEYS...COASTAL MOUNTAINS...CASCADE FOOTHILLS...AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HEAT
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM PDT TUESDAY.

* TIMING: TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* TEMPERATURE: INLAND VALLEYS...MID AND UPPER 90S. COASTAL
MOUNTAINS...LOW TO MID 90S. CASCADE FOOTHILLS AND WESTERN AND CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...90S.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...CAMAS...WASHOUGAL...EUGENE...CORVALLIS...ALBANY...VERNONIA...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...SANDY...SWEET HOME...HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...TROUTDALE...ST. HELENS...TOUTLE...ARIEL...COUGAR...COTTAGE GROVE...LONGVIEW...KELSO

* IMPACTS: THE HEAT WILL IMPACT THE ELDERLY...THE INFIRM...AND THE VERY YOUNG THE MOST...AND THOSE WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES PLANNED IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER.

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.