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* AFFECTED AREA...Fire weather zones 122, 134, 135, 136, and 137. * WIND...West at 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph. * HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended. Please advise the appropriate officials or fire crews in these areas of this Fire Weather Watch.

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with highs up to 108 possible. * WHERE...Most of northeast Montana. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Do not leave young children and pets in unattended vehicles. Car interiors will reach lethal temperatures in a matter of minutes.

* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. * AFFECTED AREA...In northern California in Fire Weather Zones 284 and 285, including the Klamath, Shasta and Modoc National Forests. In Oregon, nearly all areas east of the Cascades, including the Klamath Basin, Fremont-Winema National Forest and the south central Oregon Desert including BLM land in Fire Weather Zones 624 and 625. * WINDS...Southwest to west 10 to 20 mph with gusts 30 to 40 mph both Friday and Saturday afternoon and evening.

The National Weather Service in Medford has issued a Fire Weather Watch, which is in effect from Friday afternoon through Friday evening. * IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly. * AFFECTED AREA...Mostly the Shasta and Scott valleys of Fire Weather Zones 280 and 281, but also portions of the Klamath National Forest. * WINDS...Southwest to west 10 to 20 mph with gusts 30 to 40 mph. * MINIMUM HUMIDITY...10 to 15 percent. * DURATION...3 to 7 hours. * DETAILED URL...View the hazard area in detail at

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, north central, northwest, south central, southwest, and west central Wyoming, including the following areas, in central Wyoming, Casper Mountain, Green Mountains and Rattlesnake Range, Lander Foothills, Natrona County Lower Elevations, Upper Wind River Basin, Wind River Basin and Wind River Mountains West. In north central Wyoming, Bighorn Mountains

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of central and northwest Wyoming, including the following areas, in central Wyoming, Owl Creek and Bridger Mountains, and East Wind River Mountains. In northwest Wyoming, Absaroka Mountains and Cody Foothills. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks.

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of northeast North Carolina, including the following areas, Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Eastern Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans and Western Currituck and southeast Virginia, including the following areas, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk and Virginia Beach. * WHEN...Through this evening. * IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures 95 to 110 possible. * WHERE...Portions of central, south central, and southeast Montana and north central Wyoming. * WHEN...From Friday morning through Sunday evening. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat events. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

The National Weather Service in Great Falls has issued a Fire Weather Watch for hot temperatures, gusty winds, and low relative humidity, which is in effect from Friday morning through Saturday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Eastern Glacier/Toole/Central/Eastern Pondera/Liberty, Hill and Blaine Counties, Lewis and Clark National Forest Rocky Mountain District-Rocky Mountain Front, Chouteau and Fergus Counties and Central and Eastern Lewis and Clark National Forest Areas.

...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY ACROSS FAR EASTERN OREGON... ...HOT, DRY, AND WINDY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... .Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across far eastern Oregon on Thursday. Storms will be capable of frequent lightning, gusty outflow winds, and only sporadic wetting rains. While the thunderstorm threat will end by Friday and Saturday, hot, dry, and windy conditions will develop, primarily across southeast Oregon and the higher terrain of southwest Idaho. The