| Event | Extreme Heat Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Worth; Cerro Gordo; Franklin; Butler; Bremer; Hardin; Grundy; Black Hawk; Marshall; Tama; Jasper; Poweshiek; Marion; Mahaska; Clarke; Lucas; Monroe; Wapello; Decatur; Wayne; Appanoose; Davis |
| Effective | 7/24/2026, 2:27:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 7/24/2026, 12:30:00 PM CDT |
Extreme Heat Watch issued July 24 at 2:27AM CDT until July 27 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
Details
* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values near or
exceeding 110 possible.
* WHERE…Portions of northern, central and southern Iowa.
* WHEN…From Sunday afternoon through Monday 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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