Weather Alerts For Welcome, MN

# HEADLINE -------------------- EXTREME HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values of 103 to 108 possible. Overnight lows in the 70s. WHERE Portions of central, south central, southwest, and west central Minnesota. WHEN From Saturday afternoon through Sunday evening. IMPACTS Heat-related illnesses increase significantly during extreme heat and high humidity events. ISSUED AT Friday, July 24, 2026 at 1:50 AM CDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN HEADER URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE # 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. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Rice, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Le Sueur, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley, Steele, Swift, Waseca, Watonwan, Wright, Yellow Medicine Including the cities of New Ulm, Olivia, Litchfield, Monticello, Willmar, Albert Lea, Faribault, St James, St Peter, Granite Falls, Owatonna, Le Sueur, Fairmont, Montevideo, Blue Earth, Madison, Mankato, Waseca, Gaylord, Redwood Falls, Hutchinson, and Benson