⚠️ Extreme Heat Warning – 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 – Saturday, July 25, 2026

Extreme Heat Warning issued July 25 at 2:53AM CDT until July 26 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA

Details

* WHAT…For the Heat Advisory, heat index values up to 106
expected. For the Extreme Heat Warning, dangerously hot conditions
with heat index values near or exceeding 110 expected. For the
Extreme Heat Watch, dangerously hot conditions with heat index
values up to 110 possible.

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

* WHEN…For the Heat Advisory, from noon today to noon CDT Sunday.
For the Extreme Heat Warning, from noon to 9 PM CDT Sunday. For
the Extreme Heat Watch, from Sunday evening 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.