⚠️ Extreme Heat Watch – Atchison; Miami; Linn; Doniphan; Leavenworth; Wyandotte; Johnson; Atchison; Nodaway; Worth; Gentry; Harrison; Mercer; Putnam; Schuyler; Holt; Andrew; De Kalb; Daviess; Grundy; Sullivan; Adair; Buchanan; Clinton; Caldwell; Livingston; Linn; Macon; Platte; Clay; Ray; Carroll; Chariton; Randolph; Jackson; Lafayette; Saline; Howard; Cass; Johnson; Pettis; Cooper; Bates; Henry – Friday, July 24, 2026

Event	Extreme Heat Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Likely
Area	Atchison; Miami; Linn; Doniphan; Leavenworth; Wyandotte; Johnson; Atchison; Nodaway; Worth; Gentry; Harrison; Mercer; Putnam; Schuyler; Holt; Andrew; De Kalb; Daviess; Grundy; Sullivan; Adair; Buchanan; Clinton; Caldwell; Livingston; Linn; Macon; Platte; Clay; Ray; Carroll; Chariton; Randolph; Jackson; Lafayette; Saline; Howard; Cass; Johnson; Pettis; Cooper; Bates; Henry
Effective	7/24/2026, 12:44:00 AM CDT
Expires	7/24/2026, 7:00:00 PM CDT

Extreme Heat Watch issued July 24 at 12:44AM CDT until July 28 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 110
possible.

* WHERE…Portions of east central and northeast Kansas and central,
north central, northeast, northwest, and west central Missouri.

* WHEN…From Saturday afternoon through Tuesday evening.

* IMPACTS…Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat and high humidity events.

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.