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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
317 AM PDT WED JUN 24 2015

...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR THE INLAND AREAS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON FROM THE COAST RANGE TO THE CASCADES...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.

* TIMING: FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY.

* TEMPERATURE: TEMPERATURES WILL REACH 95 TO 100 ON FRIDAY... BE AROUND 100 ON SATURDAY...AND BE IN THE 90S WITH MUGGY CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...WASHOUGAL...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD...CORVALLIS...ALBANY...OAKRIDGE...
  VERNONIA...SALEM...MCMINNVILLE...MOUNT ST. HELENS...SANDY...
  ESTACADA...SWEET HOME...ST. HELENS...HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...
  OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...TOUTLE...ARIEL...LAKE MERWIN...
  COUGAR...ODELL...COTTAGE GROVE...LONGVIEW...KELSO...VENETA.

* IMPACTS: THIS IS ABNORMALLY EARLY FOR A HEAT WAVE OF THIS
  MAGNITUDE. BE SURE TO AVOID EXERTION DURING THE HEAT OF THE DAY...AND TO STAY HYDRATED WITH CLEAR LIQUIDS. AUTOMOBILES...WHEN LEFT IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT CAN HEAT UP RAPIDLY TO TEMPERATURES HARMFUL OVER EVEN DEADLY TO PETS AND CHILDREN. USE CAUTION NEAR AREA RIVERS...AND BE SURE TO WEAR A LIFE JACKET.

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.

TO HELP STAY COOL AND CONSERVE ELECTRICITY DURING A HEAT WAVE...KEEP BLINDS OR SHADES CLOSED DURING THE DAY. WAIT UNTIL THE COOLER TIMES OF DAY TO RUN DISHWASHERS AND CLOTHES DRYERS. INSTEAD OF USING A STOVE...CONSIDER USING A MICROWAVE OVEN OR OUTDOOR GRILL FOR COOKING. IF YOU HAVE AIR CONDITIONING...TURN THE THERMOSTAT UP A FEW DEGREES WHEN YOU ARE NOT AT HOME.