| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Chickasaw, IA; Fayette, IA; Floyd, IA; Howard, IA; Mitchell, IA; Winneshiek, IA |
| Effective | 8/7/2026, 1:40:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/7/2026, 10:00:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 7 at 1:40PM CDT until August 7 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS La Crosse WI
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 6 COUNTIES
IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA
FLOYD MITCHELL
IN NORTHEAST IOWA
CHICKASAW FAYETTE HOWARD
WINNESHIEK
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CHARLES CITY, CRESCO, DECORAH,
NEW HAMPTON, OELWEIN, AND OSAGE.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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