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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DODGE CITY KS
1234 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2026
KSZ030-031-043>046-061>066-074>081-084>090-110100-
/O.NEW.KDDC.HT.Y.0018.260810T1700Z-260811T0100Z/
TREGO-ELLIS-SCOTT-LANE-NESS-RUSH-HAMILTON-KEARNY-FINNEY-HODGEMAN-
PAWNEE-STAFFORD-STANTON-GRANT-HASKELL-GRAY-FORD-EDWARDS-KIOWA-PRATT-
MORTON-STEVENS-SEWARD-MEADE-CLARK-COMANCHE-BARBER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ELKHART, LAKE COLDWATER, HUGOTON, DEERFIELD,
MINNEOLA, SCOTT STATE LAKE, PRATT, PROTECTION, GREENSBURG, PLAINS
CITY, JETMORE, ULYSSES, CIMARRON, MEADE, NESS CITY, WAKEENEY,
COLDWATER, KINSLEY, HAVILAND, MACKSVILLE, LIBERAL, SUBLETTE, SATANTA,
LA CROSSE, STAFFORD, HAYS, SYRACUSE, ASHLAND, KIOWA, LEWIS,
MONTEZUMA, DIGHTON, JOHNSON CITY, PFEIFER,
LARNED, HANSTON, SCOTT CITY, FOWLER, ST. JOHN, DODGE CITY,
MEDICINE LODGE, LAKIN, AND GARDEN CITY
1234 AM CDT MON AUG 10 2026 /1134 PM MDT SUN AUG 9 2026/
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM
CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 103 TO NEAR 107. HEAT
INDEX VALUES AROUND 105 EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, SOUTHWEST, AND WEST
CENTRAL KANSAS.
* WHEN...FROM NOON CDT /11 AM MDT/ TODAY TO 8 PM CDT /7 PM MDT/ THIS
EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT
ILLNESSES.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...THIS IS A PROLONGED PERIOD OF NEAR RECORD
BREAKING HEAT FOR THE AREA, SO MULTIPLE DAYS OF HEAT PREPAREDNESS
AND PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN. ADDITIONAL HEAT HEADLINES WILL BE
EVALUATED DAY TO DAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS, STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM, STAY OUT OF
THE SUN, AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS.
TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK, THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN
SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT
SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN
EMERGENCY! CALL 9 1 1.
BURGERT
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