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NPWTOP
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
224 AM CDT MON JUL 27 2026
KSZ039-040-054>056-058-059-272000-
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SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LAWRENCE, OTTAWA, OVERBROOK, LEBO, GARNETT,
EMPORIA, BURLINGAME, BURLINGTON, LYNDON, CARBONDALE, TOPEKA, AND
OSAGE CITY
224 AM CDT MON JUL 27 2026
...EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
...EXTREME HEAT WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...FOR THE EXTREME HEAT WARNING, DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS
WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES REACHING 108 TO 114. FOR THE EXTREME HEAT
WATCH, DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS WITH PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES
AROUND 105 POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...ANDERSON, COFFEY, DOUGLAS, FRANKLIN, LYON, OSAGE, AND
SHAWNEE COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FOR THE EXTREME HEAT WARNING, UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
FOR THE EXTREME HEAT WATCH, FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING
EXTREME HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY EVENTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN OUTSIDE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE
FITTING CLOTHING. TRY TO LIMIT STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. TAKE ACTION WHEN YOU SEE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE.
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.
DO NOT LEAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS IN UNATTENDED VEHICLES. CAR
INTERIORS WILL REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>038-272000-
/O.CON.KTOP.XH.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260728T0200Z/
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ABILENE, GREENLEAF, HERINGTON, CLAY CENTER,
MANHATTAN, HORTON, ALMA, JUNCTION CITY, HOLTON, LINN,
PERRY, CONCORDIA, ESKRIDGE, BLUE RAPIDS, ST. MARYS, MCFARLAND,
CLIFTON, OSKALOOSA, MERIDEN, BENNINGTON, WASHINGTON, MAPLE HILL,
VALLEY FALLS, PAXICO, MARYSVILLE, HARVEYVILLE, GRANTVILLE,
BELLEVILLE, MCLOUTH, MINNEAPOLIS, HANOVER, ALTA VISTA, SENECA,
FRANKFORT, SABETHA, NORTONVILLE, COUNCIL GROVE, HIAWATHA, AND WAMEGO
224 AM CDT MON JUL 27 2026
...EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS
EVENING...
* WHAT...DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS WITH PEAK HEAT INDEX VALUES OF
108 TO 114.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL, NORTH CENTRAL, AND
NORTHEAST KANSAS.
* WHEN...UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING
EXTREME HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY EVENTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS WHEN OUTSIDE. WEAR LIGHTWEIGHT AND LOOSE
FITTING CLOTHING. TRY TO LIMIT STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING
OR EVENING. TAKE ACTION WHEN YOU SEE SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND
HEAT STROKE.
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.
DO NOT LEAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS IN UNATTENDED VEHICLES. CAR
INTERIORS WILL REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
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