| Event | Extreme Heat Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Greene; Macoupin; Montgomery; Bond; Fayette; Clinton; Marion; Washington; Randolph; Adams; Brown; Pike; Calhoun; Jersey; Madison; St. Clair; Monroe; Knox; Lewis; Shelby; Marion; Monroe; Ralls; Pike; Boone; Audrain; Moniteau; Cole; Osage; Callaway; Montgomery; Lincoln; Gasconade; Warren; St. Charles; Franklin; St. Louis; St. Louis City; Jefferson; Crawford; Washington; St. Francois; Ste. Genevieve; Iron; Madison; Reynolds |
| Effective | 7/24/2026, 1:12:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 7/24/2026, 4:15:00 PM CDT |
Extreme Heat Watch issued July 24 at 1:12AM CDT until July 28 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS St Louis MO
Details
* WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 110
possible.
* WHERE…Portions of south central, southwest, and west central
Illinois and central, east central, northeast, and southeast
Missouri.
* WHEN…From Sunday morning 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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