| Event | Heat Advisory |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Emmet; Kossuth; Winnebago; Worth; Palo Alto; Hancock; Cerro Gordo; Pocahontas; Humboldt; Wright; Franklin; Sac; Crawford |
| Effective | 7/26/2026, 11:50:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 7/26/2026, 10:00:00 PM CDT |
Heat Advisory issued July 26 at 11:50AM CDT until July 27 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
Details
* WHAT…For the Extreme Heat Warning, dangerously hot conditions
with heat index values up to 112 expected. For the Heat Advisory,
heat index values up to 105 expected.
* WHERE…Portions of north central, northwest, and west central
Iowa.
* WHEN…For the Extreme Heat Warning, until 9 PM CDT this evening.
For the Heat Advisory, from 9 PM this evening to 10 PM CDT Monday.
* 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.
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