NOAA has issued a heat advisory for Columbia County from Saturday (August 14th) through Monday (August 16th).
Please watch for heat exhaustion if working outside and try to stay in cool areas.
For more information, go to http://www.weather.gov/portland.
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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PORTLAND OR
406 AM PDT FRI AUG 13 2010
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR THE INLAND VALLEYS...COAST RANGE AND CASCADE
FOOTHILLS OF NORTHWEST OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON..
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE
HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING.
* TIMING: A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRING VERY HOT
WEATHER TO THE REGION SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
* TEMPERATURE: HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID TO UPPER 90S CAN BE
EXPECTED SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY WITH SOME LOCATIONS REACHING
100 DEGREES ON SUNDAY OR MONDAY.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: VANCOUVER...BATTLE GROUND...CAMAS..
WASHOUGAL...HOOD RIVER...CASCADE LOCKS...MULTNOMAH FALLS..
CORBETT...EUGENE...CORVALLIS...ALBANY...VERNONIA...SALEM..
MCMINNVILLE...SANDY...SWEET HOME...HILLSBORO...PORTLAND..
OREGON CITY...GRESHAM...TROUTDALE...ST. HELENS...TOUTLE..
ARIEL...COUGAR...ODELL...COTTAGE GROVE...LONGVIEW...KELSO..
STEVENSON...SKAMANIA
* IMPACTS: THE ELDERLY AND PEOPLE WITHOUT ACCESS TO AIR
CONDITIONING WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE DURING THIS HEAT
EPISODE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS..
AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF
DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES IS POSSIBLE. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT MAY
CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE
LIKELY. NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF NON-
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AVAILABLE. MAKE PLANS TO STAY OUT OF THE
SUNSHINE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
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