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WWUS73 KGLD 120541
NPWGLD
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1241 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2026
KSZ003-004-014>016-027>029-041-042-122000-
/O.NEW.KGLD.HT.Y.0004.260812T1800Z-260813T0200Z/
DECATUR-NORTON-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-
WICHITA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF OBERLIN, SHARON SPRINGS, LEOTI, OAKLEY,
TRIBUNE, GRINNELL, HILL CITY, COLBY, HOXIE, GRAINFIELD, NORTON, AND
QUINTER
1241 AM CDT WED AUG 12 2026 /1141 PM MDT TUE AUG 11 2026/
...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO
9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 109 EXPECTED
* WHERE...DECATUR, GRAHAM, NORTON, SHERIDAN, THOMAS, GOVE, GREELEY,
LOGAN, WALLACE, AND WICHITA COUNTIES.
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT /8 PM
MDT/ THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING
EXTREME HEAT 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.
DO NOT LEAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS IN UNATTENDED VEHICLES. CAR
INTERIORS CAN REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
KAK
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