Kansas, Missouri Severe Extreme Heat Watch | Effective 06/26/2026 23:17

Headline: 
Extreme Heat Watch issued June 27 at 1:17AM CDT until June 30 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Event: 
Extreme Heat Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
June 26, 2026 - 11:17pm
Expires: 
June 27, 2026 - 1:00pm
Description: 
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values 105 or higher possible. Additionally, overnight low temperatures will be in the mid and upper 70s. * WHERE...Portions of east central and northeast Kansas and central, north central, northeast, northwest, and west central Missouri. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Tuesday evening. * IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events.
Instruction: 
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.
Area Description: 
Atchison; Miami; Linn; Doniphan; Leavenworth; Wyandotte; Johnson; Atchison; Nodaway; Worth; Gentry; Harrison; Mercer; Putnam; Schuyler; Holt; Andrew; De Kalb; Daviess; Grundy; Sullivan; Adair; Buchanan; Clinton; Caldwell; Livingston; Linn; Macon; Platte; Clay; Ray; Carroll; Chariton; Randolph; Jackson; Lafayette; Saline; Howard; Cass; Johnson; Pettis; Cooper; Bates; Henry
Forcast Office: 
NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO