⚠️ Extreme Heat Watch – Lac Qui Parle; Swift; Chippewa; Kandiyohi; Meeker; Wright; Yellow Medicine; Renville; McLeod; Sibley; Redwood; Brown; Nicollet; Le Sueur; Rice; Watonwan; Blue Earth; Waseca; Steele; Martin; Faribault; Freeborn – Friday, July 24, 2026

Event	Extreme Heat Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Likely
Area	Lac Qui Parle; Swift; Chippewa; Kandiyohi; Meeker; Wright; Yellow Medicine; Renville; McLeod; Sibley; Redwood; Brown; Nicollet; Le Sueur; Rice; Watonwan; Blue Earth; Waseca; Steele; Martin; Faribault; Freeborn
Effective	7/24/2026, 1:50:00 AM CDT
Expires	7/24/2026, 3:00:00 PM CDT

Extreme Heat Watch issued July 24 at 1:50AM CDT until July 26 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN

* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values of 103 to
108 possible. Overnight lows in the 70s.

* WHERE…Portions of central, south central, southwest, and west
central Minnesota.

* WHEN…From Saturday afternoon through Sunday 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.

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