035  
WWUS73 KGID 261802  
NPWGID  
 
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
102 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2026  
 
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PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KENSINGTON, CODELL, BELLAIRE, PHILLIPSBURG,  
PLAINVILLE, STOCKTON, OSBORNE, BELOIT, DOWNS, JEWELL, BURR OAK, SMITH  
CENTER, IONIA, AND MANKATO  
102 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2026  
   
..HEAT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED  
   
..EXTREME HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT MONDAY  
 
* WHAT...DANGEROUSLY HOT CONDITIONS WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES UP TO 112  
EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...JEWELL, MITCHELL, OSBORNE, PHILLIPS, ROOKS, AND SMITH  
COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 10 PM CDT MONDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING  
EXTREME HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY EVENTS.  
 
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.  
 
DO NOT LEAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS IN UNATTENDED VEHICLES. CAR  
INTERIORS WILL REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.  
 
 
 
 
 
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-270815-  
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VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-  
HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-  
HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF ORLEANS, ARAPAHOE, EDGAR, GRAND ISLAND,  
HARVARD, CLAY CENTER, FAIRFIELD, HOLLINGER, STROMSBURG, LOUP  
CITY, SHERMAN RESERVOIR, SHELBY, OSCEOLA, ST. PAUL, ROSEMONT,  
LITCHFIELD, HASTINGS, HEBRON, LEXINGTON, AURORA, KEARNEY, CAMPBELL,  
POLK, DESHLER, GENEVA, RED CLOUD, FAIRMONT, COZAD, WOLBACH, GENOA,  
GREELEY, SUPERIOR, SPALDING, MINDEN, EXETER, FRANKLIN, GOTHENBURG,  
WILLOW ISLAND, SCOTIA, BLUE HILL, BOSTWICK, ALMA, JOHNSON LAKE,  
CENTRAL CITY, BLADEN, HOLDREGE, FULLERTON, HILDRETH, ORD, ELWOOD,  
BEAVER CITY, INAVALE, YORK, NELSON, CAMBRIDGE, OXFORD, AND SUTTON  
102 PM CDT SUN JUL 26 2026  
 
...EXTREME HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS  
EVENING...  
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM  
CDT MONDAY...  
 
* WHAT...FOR THE EXTREME HEAT WARNING TODAY, DANGEROUSLY HOT  
CONDITIONS WITH AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HEAT INDEX COMMONLY 105  
TO 115 DEGREES. FOR THE HEAT ADVISORY INTO MONDAY, AFTERNOON AND  
EARLY EVENING HEAT INDEX VALUES AS HIGH AS 100 TO 110 DEGREES.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND CENTRAL, EAST CENTRAL,  
AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  
 
* WHEN...FOR THE EXTREME HEAT WARNING, UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.  
FOR THE HEAT ADVISORY, FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 PM CDT MONDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY DURING  
EXTREME HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITY EVENTS. HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH  
HUMIDITY MAY CAUSE HEAT ILLNESSES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...LOW TEMPERATURES ON MONDAY MORNING WILL  
PROVIDE ONLY LIMITED RELIEF FROM THE HEAT, DROPPING NO LOWER THAN  
THE MID TO UPPER 70S IN MOST OF THE AREA.  
 
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.  
 
DO NOT LEAVE YOUNG CHILDREN AND PETS IN UNATTENDED VEHICLES. CAR  
INTERIORS WILL REACH LETHAL TEMPERATURES IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
 
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