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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Des Moines IA
227 AM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026

IAZ004>006-015-016-023>025-033>036-044>048-057>060-070>073-081-082-
092-093-241730-
/O.NEW.KDMX.HT.Y.0004.260725T1700Z-260726T1700Z/
/O.NEW.KDMX.XH.A.0002.260726T1700Z-260728T0300Z/
Emmet-Kossuth-Winnebago-Palo Alto-Hancock-Pocahontas-Humboldt-
Wright-Sac-Calhoun-Webster-Hamilton-Crawford-Carroll-Greene-Boone-
Story-Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Polk-Cass-Adair-Madison-Warren-Adams-
Union-Taylor-Ringgold-
Including the cities of Jefferson, Schaller, Norwalk,
Estherville, Forest City, Waukee, Early, Webster City, Denison,
Carlisle, Casey, Belmond, Winterset, Pocahontas, Audubon,
Bedford, New Market, Manson, Laurens, Algona, Des Moines, Adair,
Sac City, Lake View, Gilmore City, Wall Lake, Odebolt, Humboldt,
Indianola, Rockwell City, Guthrie Center, Rolfe, Kanawha, Lake
Mills, Lake City, Greenfield, Emmetsburg, Clarion, Adel, Fort
Dodge, Mount Ayr, Perry, Lenox, Boone, Ames, Panora, Bayard,
Atlantic, Britt, Exira, Corning, Carroll, Fonda, Eagle Grove,
Stuart, Earlham, Creston, Fontanelle, Pomeroy, and Garner
227 AM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO NOON CDT SUNDAY...
...EXTREME HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...For the Heat Advisory, heat index values around 105 or
  higher expected. For the Extreme Heat Watch, dangerously hot
  conditions with heat index values near or exceeding 110 possible.

* WHERE...Portions of western into central and northern Iowa.

* WHEN...For the Heat Advisory, from noon Saturday to noon CDT
  Sunday. For the Extreme Heat Watch, from Sunday afternoon through
  Monday evening.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
  extreme heat and high humidity events. Hot temperatures and high
  humidity may cause heat illnesses.

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.

&&

$$

IAZ007-017-026>028-037>039-049-050-061-062-074-075-083>086-094>097-
241730-
/O.NEW.KDMX.XH.A.0002.260726T1700Z-260728T0300Z/
Worth-Cerro Gordo-Franklin-Butler-Bremer-Hardin-Grundy-Black Hawk-
Marshall-Tama-Jasper-Poweshiek-Marion-Mahaska-Clarke-Lucas-Monroe-
Wapello-Decatur-Wayne-Appanoose-Davis-
Including the cities of Ackley, Waterloo, Parkersburg, Mason
City, Cedar Falls, Marshalltown, Knoxville, Clarksville, Iowa
Falls, Hampton, Oskaloosa, Conrad, Aplington, Traer, Dike,
Northwood, Lamoni, Dumont, Shell Rock, Dysart, Leon, Humeston,
Pella, Newton, Tama, Bloomfield, Seymour, Corydon, Gladbrook,
Clear Lake, Grinnell, Wellsburg, Albia, Greene, Grundy Center,
Osceola, Allerton, Allison, Ottumwa, Reinbeck, Waverly, Chariton,
Eldora, Toledo, Centerville, and Manly
227 AM CDT Fri Jul 24 2026

...EXTREME HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values near or
  exceeding 110 possible.

* WHERE...Portions of northern, central and southern Iowa.

* WHEN...From Sunday afternoon through Monday evening.

* 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.

&&

$$

TDR/Dodson