{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.28434281217d015f70ea18670c59f40abf67c66d.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Tornado Watch issued July 20 at 4:49PM EDT until July 21 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Marquette MI","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-20","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.28434281217d015f70ea18670c59f40abf67c66d.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Marquette MI"},"word_count":135,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Tornado Watch: Tornado Watch issued July 20 at 4:49PM EDT until July 21 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Marquette MI\n\n**Severity:** Extreme\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Alger, MI; Baraga, MI; Delta, MI; Dickinson, MI; Gogebic, MI; Houghton, MI; Iron, MI; Marquette, MI; Menominee, MI; Ontonagon, MI; Schoolcraft, MI\n**Issued by:** NWS Marquette MI\n**Sent:** 2026-07-20T16:49:00-04:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-20T16:49:00-04:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-21T00:00:00-04:00\n\n## Description\nTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 501 IN\nEFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT /11 PM CDT/ TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING\nAREAS\n\nIN MICHIGAN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES\n\nIN CENTRAL UPPER MICHIGAN\n\nALGER                 BARAGA                DELTA\nDICKINSON             IRON                  MARQUETTE\nMENOMINEE             SCHOOLCRAFT\n\nIN WESTERN UPPER MICHIGAN\n\nGOGEBIC               HOUGHTON              ONTONAGON\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BARAGA, BEECHWOOD, BESSEMER, CASPIAN,\nCRYSTAL FALLS, ESCANABA, GLADSTONE, HANCOCK, HOUGHTON,\nIRON MOUNTAIN, IRON RIVER, IRONWOOD, ISHPEMING, KINGSFORD,\nL'ANSE, LAURIUM, MANISTIQUE, MARQUETTE, MENOMINEE, MUNISING,\nNORWAY, ONTONAGON, STAMBAUGH, AND WAKEFIELD."}