⚠️ Extreme Heat Watch – Bourbon; Crawford; Cherokee; Benton; Morgan; Miller; Maries; Vernon; St. Clair; Hickory; Camden; Barton; Cedar; Polk; Dallas; Jasper; Dade; Newton; Lawrence; McDonald – Saturday, August 8, 2026

Event	Extreme Heat Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Likely
Area	Bourbon; Crawford; Cherokee; Benton; Morgan; Miller; Maries; Vernon; St. Clair; Hickory; Camden; Barton; Cedar; Polk; Dallas; Jasper; Dade; Newton; Lawrence; McDonald
Effective	8/8/2026, 2:11:00 AM CDT
Expires	8/8/2026, 7:00:00 PM CDT

Extreme Heat Watch issued August 8 at 2:11AM CDT until August 12 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Springfield MO

* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with daily heat index values
around 105 expected.

* WHERE…Portions of southeast Kansas and central, southwest, and
west central Missouri.

* WHEN…From Sunday afternoon through Wednesday 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.

Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates.

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