⚠️ Extreme Heat Warning – Miami; Linn; Saline; Howard; Cass; Johnson; Pettis; Cooper; Bates; Henry – Sunday, August 9, 2026

Event	Extreme Heat Warning
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Expected
Certainty	Likely
Area	Miami; Linn; Saline; Howard; Cass; Johnson; Pettis; Cooper; Bates; Henry
Effective	8/9/2026, 12:59:00 AM CDT
Expires	8/9/2026, 5:00:00 PM CDT

Extreme Heat Warning issued August 9 at 12:59AM CDT until August 12 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 107
expected.

* WHERE…In Kansas, Linn KS and Miami Counties. In Missouri, Cooper,
Howard, Pettis, Saline, Bates, Cass, Henry, and Johnson MO
Counties.

* WHEN…From noon today to 8 PM CDT Wednesday.

* 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.