⚠️ Extreme Heat Watch – Miami; Linn; Saline; Howard; Cass; Johnson; Pettis; Cooper; Bates; Henry – Saturday, August 8, 2026

Extreme Heat Watch issued August 8 at 2:00AM CDT until August 12 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Details

* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values 105
degrees or higher four days in a row possible.

* WHERE…In Kansas, Linn and Miami counties. In Missouri, Cooper,
Howard, Pettis, Saline, Bates, Cass, Henry, and Johnson counties.

* WHEN…From Sunday afternoon through Wednesday 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.