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Heat in Seattle and Vicinity, Washington
Heat April 19, 2016 · Seattle and Vicinity, Washington
What the National Weather Service wrote
During a period of unseasonably warm weather with Puget Sound area temperatures near 90 degrees, officials say 17-year-old Jeramiah Smith was swimming across the Green River in Auburn with six friends about 7:30 p.m. when he started having trouble about halfway through. Smith's friends said they saw him travel downstream and then go under water. River temperatures were near 50 degrees and cold water immersion was thought to be the cause of the youth's trouble in the water.
The wider storm
During a period of unseasonably warm weather, 17-year-old Jeramiah Smith swimming across the Green River in Auburn with six friends had trouble and then went under in the cold river water.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 630266. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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