⚠️ Heat Advisory – Emmet; Kossuth; Winnebago; Palo Alto; Hancock; Pocahontas; Humboldt; Wright; Sac; Calhoun; Webster; Hamilton; Crawford; Carroll; Greene; Boone; Story; Audubon; Guthrie; Dallas; Polk; Cass; Adair; Madison; Warren; Adams; Union; Taylor; Ringgold – Friday, July 24, 2026

Heat Advisory issued July 24 at 2:27AM CDT until July 26 at 12:00PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA

Details

* WHAT…For the Heat Advisory, heat index values around 105 or
higher expected. For the Extreme Heat Watch, dangerously hot
conditions with heat index values near or exceeding 110 possible.

* WHERE…Portions of western into central and northern Iowa.

* WHEN…For the Heat Advisory, from noon Saturday to noon CDT
Sunday. For the Extreme Heat Watch, from Sunday afternoon through
Monday evening.

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

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.