| Event | Tornado Watch |
| Severity | Extreme |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Benton, IA; Buchanan, IA; Delaware, IA; Dubuque, IA; Iowa, IA; Johnson, IA; Jones, IA; Keokuk, IA; Linn, IA; Washington, IA |
| Effective | 7/20/2026, 3:06:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/20/2026, 10:00:00 PM CDT |
Tornado Watch issued July 20 at 3:06PM CDT until July 20 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 500 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 10 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA
BENTON IOWA JOHNSON
JONES LINN
IN NORTHEAST IOWA
BUCHANAN DELAWARE DUBUQUE
IN SOUTHEAST IOWA
KEOKUK WASHINGTON
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANAMOSA, CEDAR RAPIDS, DUBUQUE,
INDEPENDENCE, IOWA CITY, MANCHESTER, MARENGO, SIGOURNEY, VINTON,
AND WASHINGTON.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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