| Event | Extreme Heat Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Atchison; Leavenworth; Wyandotte; Johnson; Platte; Clay; Ray; Carroll; Chariton; Randolph; Jackson; Lafayette |
| Effective | 8/11/2026, 11:48:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/12/2026, 4:00:00 AM CDT |
Extreme Heat Warning issued August 11 at 11:48AM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Details
* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 108
expected.
* WHERE…Portions of east central and northeast Kansas and north
central and west central Missouri.
* WHEN…Until 8 PM CDT Friday.
* 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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