| Event | Tornado Watch |
| Severity | Extreme |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Des Moines, IA; Lee, IA; Van Buren, IA |
| Effective | 7/20/2026, 5:32:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/20/2026, 10:00:00 PM CDT |
Tornado Watch issued July 20 at 5:32PM CDT until July 20 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED TORNADO WATCH 500 TO
INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST IOWA
DES MOINES LEE VAN BUREN
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BURLINGTON, KEOKUK, AND KEOSAUQUA.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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