{"id":380962,"date":"2026-07-21T14:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380962\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T14:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T14:02:10","slug":"heat-advisory-issued-for-houston-warning-of-increased-health-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/380962\/","title":{"rendered":"Heat advisory issued for Houston, warning of increased health risks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The weather service typically issues a heat advisory when heat index values, or humidity-driven \u201cfeels like\u201d temperatures, reach or exceed 108<\/a> degrees. The heat advisory is intended to alert the public about the health dangers linked to excessive humidity in extreme heat, such as an increased risk of heat exhaustion or heatstroke.<\/p>\n

\u201cHot temperatures and high humidity will increase the risk for heat-related illnesses to occur, particularly for those working or participating in outdoor activities,\u201d the weather service said in its announcement<\/a> of the heat advisory.<\/p>\n

Southeast Texas counties under the heat advisory include Harris, Montgomery, Grimes, Jackson,\u00a0Matagorda, Brazoria, Galveston, Fort Bend, Trinity, Madison, Walker, San\u00a0Jacinto, Polk, Burleson, Wharton and Brazos.<\/p>\n

The heat advisory area includes the communities of\u00a0Houston, Lake Jackson, Bay City, Prairie View, Sealy, Waller,\u00a0Pasadena, Baytown, The Woodlands, Sugar Land, Eagle\u00a0Lake, Trinity, Texas City, Huntsville, Missouri City,\u00a0Columbus, Pearland, Cleveland, Galveston, Crockett,\u00a0Surfside Beach, El Campo, Brenham, Palacios, Winnie, Bryan, Anahuac, Rosenberg, Liberty, Navasota, League City, College Station, Freeport and Conroe.<\/p>\n

\u201cRidging (of high air pressure) over the Rockies will build southeastward\u00a0into the southern Plains and across much of Texas,\u201d the weather service said in a forecast bulletin Tuesday. \u201cThis ridge will\u00a0provide ample subsidence, which will keep rain chances very low and\u00a0raise our temperatures.\u201d<\/p>\n

Forecasters added that \u201cWednesday looks to be even hotter with the ridge center positioned over Oklahoma and northern Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The weather service typically issues a heat advisory when heat index values, or humidity-driven \u201cfeels like\u201d temperatures, reach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-380962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}