Extreme heat and severe storm risks in Midwest 

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The current time is 4.39 a.m. Central Daylight Time. Operating on a frequency of 162.45 megahertz, this is NOAA Weather Radio Station KXI-31, broadcasting from a transmitter near Jeffers, Minnesota. Our program originates from the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls and serves the area around Wyndham, Jackson and Worthington. This hazardous weather outlook is for northwest Iowa, west central Iowa. Southwest Minnesota, Northeast Nebraska, Central South Dakota, East Central South Dakota, South Dakota, South Central South Dakota, and Southeast South Dakota. For today and tonight, patchy fog may reduce visibility east of Highway 59 in southwestern Minnesota and northwestern Iowa this morning. Isolated and brief visibility below one mile or possible. Hot and humid conditions expected today with heat index values around and above 105 degrees. Be prepared for the heat of spending time outdoors this weekend. Storm chances return tonight into Monday with the greatest chances across southwestern Minnesota. A couple storms could become strong to severe with large hail as large as ping pong balls and damaging wind gusts to 70 miles an hour. Locally heavy rainfall is possible. For Monday through Saturday, hot and humid conditions continue Monday with heat index values in the 90s to lower 100s. Be prepared for the heat of spending time outdoors this weekend. Storms chances continue on Monday night into Tuesday and Tuesday night into Wednesday. A few storms could be strong to severe with damaging winds and large hail, in addition to locally heavy rainfall. Spotter activation is not expected at this time. Your National Weather Service forecast for windham and surrounding areas. Extreme heat warning in effect from noon today to 8 p.m. this evening. Today, sunny. Highs around 90. South winds 10 to 15 miles an hour with gusts up to 25 miles an hour. Heat index values up to 1001 this afternoon. Tonight, partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Humid with lows around 70. South winds 10 to 15 miles an hour. Chance of rain 40%. Heat index values up to 1002 early in the evening. Monday, mostly sunny. Humored with highs around 90. Southeast winds 5 to 10 miles an hour. Heat index values up to 102 in the afternoon. Monday night, partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely after midnight. Humid with lows in the upper 60s. East winds 5 to 10 miles an hour. Chance of rain 60%. Heat index values up to 101 early in the evening. Tuesday, mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming partly sunny. A slight chance of thunderstorms. A chance of showers, mainly in the morning. Humid with highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds 5 to 10 miles an hour. Chance of rain 30%. Tuesday night, mostly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms in the evening, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Chance of rain 40%. Wednesday, mostly cloudy in the morning, then becoming mostly sunny. Highs in the mid-70s. Wednesday night, partly cloudy. Lows in the mid-50s. Thursday, mostly sunny. Highs in the mid-70s. Thursday night, partly cloudy. Lowes in the mid-50s. Friday, mostly sunny. Highs in the mid-70s. Friday night, partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 50s. Saturday, mostly sunny. Highs in the mid-70s. At 4 a.m., the sky was partly cloudy in Jackson. The temperature was 72 and the 2.72. The relative humidity was 100%. Wind was south at 6 miles an hour. The pressure was 29.98 inches rising. Elsewhere around southwest Minnesota, Redwood Falls was clear and 71. St. James was clear and 70. Worthington was partly cloudy and 73. Slayton was partly cloudy. and 70. Other conditions across the northern plains, in other areas of southern Minnesota, it was clear, with a temperature of 71 at Mancato and 75 at Minneapolis. At Marshall, it was partly cloudy. And around Iowa and southeast South Dakota, at Spencer, fog was reported with a temperature of 68. At Des Moines, it was clear with a temperature of 76. At Sioux City, it was partly cloudy with a temperature of 71. At Sioux Falls, it was mostly cloudy with a temperature of 75. Once again, at 4 a.m. in Jackson, the sky was partly cloudy with a temperature of 72.

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