The stifling heat continues across the KVOE listening area, and the list of schedule adjustments is increasing as a result.
*USD 417 Morris County has announced no classes for Wednesday due to the expected heat. Early-morning sports and activity practices will be optional.
*USD 389 Eureka’s junior varsity girls-only golf meet at Uniontown has been postponed until further notice.
*USD 456 Marais des Cygnes Valley has high school football and volleyball and junior high volleyball practicing from 6-7:30 am Wednesday-Friday. Junior high football will have light activity after school with “significant” precautions. A shuttle leave from Quenemo at 5:30 am for student-athletes.
This follows other announcements from this week as announced earlier Tuesday on KVOE:
*Emporia High junior varsity girls-only tennis meet set for Thursday in Emporia has been canceled.
*USD 284 Chase County has football practice at 6 am Tuesday and Wednesday. The schedule for the rest of the week is to be determined. Tuesday’s football practice for students in grades 4-6 has been canceled.
*All Emporia Recreation Commission practices this week, including those for tackle football, have been canceled.
High temperatures are expected to be close to 105 Wednesday and Thursday.
5:30 am Tuesday: Near-record highs expected Tuesday
Sultry conditions continue across the KVOE listening area Tuesday — and for the rest of the work week.
Emporia’s projected high temperature is 104, which would fall just short of the current high of 105 set in 2000. Heat index readings could be anywhere from 105-120 across the eastern half of Kansas by late afternoon.
Monday’s heat caused the city of Emporia to pause its commercial sanitation pickup routes at 1:30 pm Monday. Those routes resumed at 6 am Tuesday.
After several school districts announced adjustments for athletics practices this past weekend, another district announced schedule changes Monday:
*USD 284 Chase County has football practice at 6 am Tuesday and Wednesday. The schedule for the rest of the week is to be determined. Tuesday’s football practice for students in grades 4-6 has been canceled.
Monday’s high of 108 broke Emporia’s prior record of 106 set in 2003, the third straight day of record heat for the Municipal Airport. Heat index readings peaked at 115 degrees.
Eureka’ Milliken Airport got to 109 air temperature and 115 for that heat index. The high broke the old record of 105 set back in 1936.
Temperatures will remain at or above 100 through at least Friday. Peak heat indices may be anywhere from 105-115 through at least Thursday. Temperatures in the low 90s are expected Saturday, with highs in the upper 80s Sunday along with a slight chance of showers and storms.
Go to KVOE.com for a list of schedule adjustments and cooling centers, both for Emporia and the entire KVOE listening area. If you need to add to either list, call KVOE at 620-342-1400, email kvoe@kvoe.com or message the Bluestem Farm and Ranch text line at 620-342-5863.
