| Event | Extreme Heat Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Miami; Linn; Saline; Howard; Cass; Johnson; Pettis; Cooper; Bates; Henry |
| Effective | 8/9/2026, 12:59:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/9/2026, 5:00:00 PM CDT |
Extreme Heat Warning issued August 9 at 12:59AM CDT until August 12 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Details
* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 107
expected.
* WHERE…In Kansas, Linn KS and Miami Counties. In Missouri, Cooper,
Howard, Pettis, Saline, Bates, Cass, Henry, and Johnson MO
Counties.
* WHEN…From noon today to 8 PM CDT Wednesday.
* 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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