| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Benton, IA; Cedar, IA; Des Moines, IA; Henry, IA; Iowa, IA; Jefferson, IA; Johnson, IA; Jones, IA; Keokuk, IA; Lee, IA; Linn, IA; Louisa, IA; Muscatine, IA; Van Buren, IA; Washington, IA |
| Effective | 8/13/2026, 5:47:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/13/2026, 11:00:00 AM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 13 at 5:47AM CDT until August 13 at 11:00AM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
581 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS
IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA
BENTON CEDAR IOWA
JOHNSON JONES LINN
MUSCATINE
IN SOUTHEAST IOWA
DES MOINES HENRY IA JEFFERSON
KEOKUK LEE LOUISA
VAN BUREN WASHINGTON
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANAMOSA, BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS,
FAIRFIELD, IOWA CITY, KEOKUK, KEOSAUQUA, MARENGO, MOUNT PLEASANT,
MUSCATINE, SIGOURNEY, TIPTON, VINTON, WAPELLO, AND WASHINGTON.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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