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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Springfield MO
510 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026

KSZ073-097-101-MOZ066-077-088-093-101>104-190100-
/O.CON.KSGF.HT.Y.0009.260818T1800Z-260819T0100Z/
Bourbon-Crawford-Cherokee-Vernon-Barton-Jasper-Newton-McDonald-
Barry-Stone-Taney-
Including the cities of Pittsburg, Powersite, South West City,
Joplin, Neosho, Elsey, Hollister, Rocky Comfort, Stippville,
Columbus, Goodman, Cassville, Kenoma, Pawnee Station, Lowell,
Chicopee, Edgewater Beach, Lamar, Ozark Beach, Kimberling City,
Fort Scott, Branson, Monett, Lone Oak, Indian Point, Silver
Dollar City, Anderson, Madry, Nevada, Riverton, Baxter Springs,
Sherwin, Noel, Pineville, Neutral, Carthage, Crane, Kirbyville,
and Forsyth
510 AM CDT Tue Aug 18 2026

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM
CDT THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Heat index values up to 105 expected.

* WHERE...Portions of southeast Kansas and southwest and west
  central Missouri.

* WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 8 PM CDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...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.

&&

$$

For more information from the National Weather Service, visit
http://weather.gov/sgf

SM