| Event | Extreme Heat Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Reno; Harvey; Butler; Kingman; Sedgwick; Harper; Sumner; Cowley |
| Effective | 7/19/2026, 1:25:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 7/19/2026, 4:00:00 PM CDT |
Extreme Heat Watch issued July 19 at 1:25AM CDT until July 21 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS
Details
* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 110
possible.
* WHERE…Butler, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Reno, Sedgwick,
and Sumner Counties.
* WHEN…From Tuesday afternoon through Tuesday 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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