⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Benton, IA; Buchanan, IA; Cedar, IA; Delaware, IA; Iowa, IA; Johnson, IA; Jones, IA; Keokuk, IA; Linn, IA; Louisa, IA; Muscatine, IA; Washington, IA – Friday, August 7, 2026

Event	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Possible
Area	Benton, IA; Buchanan, IA; Cedar, IA; Delaware, IA; Iowa, IA; Johnson, IA; Jones, IA; Keokuk, IA; Linn, IA; Louisa, IA; Muscatine, IA; Washington, IA
Effective	8/7/2026, 1:43:00 PM CDT
Expires	8/7/2026, 10:00:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 7 at 1:43PM CDT until August 7 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
541 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA

BENTON CEDAR IOWA
JOHNSON JONES LINN
MUSCATINE

IN NORTHEAST IOWA

BUCHANAN DELAWARE

IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

KEOKUK LOUISA WASHINGTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANAMOSA, CEDAR RAPIDS, INDEPENDENCE,
IOWA CITY, MANCHESTER, MARENGO, MUSCATINE, SIGOURNEY, TIPTON,
VINTON, WAPELLO, AND WASHINGTON.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.