| Event | Extreme Heat Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Bourbon; Crawford; Cherokee; Benton; Morgan; Miller; Maries; Vernon; St. Clair; Hickory; Camden; Pulaski; Phelps; Barton; Cedar; Polk; Dallas; Laclede; Texas; Dent; Jasper; Dade; Greene; Webster; Wright; Newton; Lawrence; Christian; Douglas; Howell; Shannon; McDonald; Barry; Stone; Taney; Ozark; Oregon |
| Effective | 7/24/2026, 12:30:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 7/24/2026, 7:00:00 PM CDT |
Extreme Heat Watch issued July 24 at 12:30AM CDT until July 28 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Springfield MO
Details
* WHAT…Heat index values of 100 to 110 expected.
* WHERE…Portions of southeast Kansas and central, east central,
south central, southwest, and west central Missouri.
* WHEN…From Saturday afternoon through Tuesday evening.
* IMPACTS…Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events.
Instructions
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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