KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An excessive heat warning is now in effect for the Kansas City area and points west through 7 p.m. Thursday.
The National Weather Service said the combination of high temperatures and humidity could drive the heat index past 110 degrees the first four days of this week.
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Further east and into northern Missouri, a heat advisory is in place through 7 p.m. Thursday.
The high temps extend in nearly every direction from Kansas City, with heat advisories and excessive heat warnings stretching south into Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Alabama.
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