URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

804 AM PDT WED AUG 24 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN WILLAMETTE

VALLEY...

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WILLAMETTE VALLEY-

804 AM PDT WED AUG 24 2016

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM

PDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN

PORTIONS OF FIRE WEATHER ZONE OR604...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG

WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT

FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM PDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...IN OREGON...SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF FIRE WEATHER

ZONE 604.

* WINDS...OUT OF THE NORTH 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DROPPING TO 15 TO 20 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...DUE TO DRY FUEL CONDITIONS...ANY FIRE START HAS THE

POTENTIAL FOR RAPID SPREAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS

ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF

STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN

CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...

HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/PORTLAND (ALL LOWER CASE). VISIT THE DETAILED

HAZARDS TAB TO SEE THE EXACT AREA INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING.

Heat Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR

304 AM PDT WED AUG 24 2016

...HOT WEATHER THURSDAY AND FRIDAY ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWEST

WASHINGTON AND NORTHWEST OREGON...

.AN UPPER RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL EXTEND OVER THE PACIFIC

NORTHWEST THROUGH FRIDAY FOR INCREASINGLY HOT WEATHER. WEAK EAST

WINDS WILL INTENSIFY HEATING THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. EXCESSIVE HEAL

WILL INCREASE THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS OR INJURIES.

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COAST RANGE OF NORTHWEST OREGON-

CENTRAL COAST RANGE OF WESTERN OREGON-LOWER COLUMBIA-

GREATER PORTLAND METRO AREA-CENTRAL WILLAMETTE VALLEY-

SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY-NORTHERN OREGON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-

CASCADE FOOTHILLS IN LANE COUNTY-UPPER HOOD RIVER VALLEY-

WESTERN COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-CENTRAL COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE-

WILLAPA HILLS-I-5 CORRIDOR IN COWLITZ COUNTY-

GREATER VANCOUVER AREA-SOUTH WASHINGTON CASCADE FOOTHILLS-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERNONIA...VENETA...ST. HELENS...

HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...SALEM...

MCMINNVILLE...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD...CORVALLIS...ALBANY...

LEBANON...SANDY...ESTACADA...SWEET HOME...COTTAGE GROVE...ODELL...

CORBETT...HOOD RIVER...LONGVIEW...KELSO...VANCOUVER...

BATTLE GROUND...WASHOUGAL...TOUTLE...ARIEL...LAKE MERWIN...

COUGAR...CARSON...UNDERWOOD

304 AM PDT WED AUG 24 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY

FOR THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY...COAST RANGE...THE LOWER COLUMBIA

RIVER...THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE...AND THE UPPER HOOD RIVER

VALLEY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A HEAT WHICH

IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THURSDAY TO 8 PM PDT FRIDAY.

* TIMING: THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

* HIGH TEMPERATURE: 95 TO 100.

* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VERNONIA...VENETA...ST. HELENS...

HILLSBORO...PORTLAND...OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...SALEM...

MCMINNVILLE...EUGENE...SPRINGFIELD...CORVALLIS...ALBANY...

LEBANON...SANDY...ESTACADA...SWEET HOME...COTTAGE GROVE...

ODELL...CORBETT...HOOD RIVER...LONGVIEW...KELSO... VANCOUVER...

BATTLE GROUND...WASHOUGAL...TOUTLE...ARIEL... LAKE MERWIN...

COUGAR...CARSON...UNDERWOOD

* IMPACTS: THE ELDERLY...YOUTH...AND THOSE WITHOUT AIR

CONDITIONING WILL BE VULNERABLE TO THE HEAT. THOSE WORKING

OR EXERCISING OUTDOORS WILL BE AT AN INCREASED RISK OF

DEHYDRATION AND HEAT-RELATED ILLNESS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS

EXPECTED IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF

FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROO