| Event | Extreme Heat Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Hennepin; Anoka; Ramsey; Washington; Carver; Scott; Dakota |
| Effective | 7/24/2026, 1:50:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 7/24/2026, 3:00:00 PM CDT |
Extreme Heat Watch issued July 24 at 1:50AM CDT until July 26 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Details
* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values of 100 to
105 possible. Overnight lows in the 70s.
* WHERE…Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and
Washington Counties.
* WHEN…From Saturday afternoon through Sunday 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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