| Event | Tornado Watch |
| Severity | Extreme |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Cedar, IA; Henry, IA; Jefferson, IA; Louisa, IA; Muscatine, IA |
| Effective | 7/20/2026, 4:38:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/20/2026, 10:00:00 PM CDT |
Tornado Watch issued July 20 at 4:38PM 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 5 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA
CEDAR MUSCATINE
IN SOUTHEAST IOWA
HENRY IA JEFFERSON LOUISA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF FAIRFIELD, MOUNT PLEASANT, MUSCATINE,
TIPTON, AND WAPELLO.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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