{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.92116ba32449758c03911c2076e515404b43ed4d.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 20 at 5:38PM CDT until July 20 at 11:00PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-20","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.92116ba32449758c03911c2076e515404b43ed4d.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Lincoln IL"},"word_count":133,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Watch: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 20 at 5:38PM CDT until July 20 at 11:00PM CDT by NWS Lincoln IL\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Cass, IL; Fulton, IL; Knox, IL; Logan, IL; McLean, IL; Marshall, IL; Mason, IL; Menard, IL; Peoria, IL; Sangamon, IL; Schuyler, IL; Stark, IL; Tazewell, IL; Woodford, IL\n**Issued by:** NWS Lincoln IL\n**Sent:** 2026-07-20T17:38:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-20T17:38:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-20T23:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nTHE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH\n504 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING\nAREAS\n\nIN ILLINOIS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 14 COUNTIES\n\nIN CENTRAL ILLINOIS\n\nLOGAN                 MARSHALL              MASON\nMCLEAN                MENARD                PEORIA\nSANGAMON              STARK                 TAZEWELL\nWOODFORD\n\nIN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS\n\nCASS                  FULTON                KNOX\nSCHUYLER\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BEARDSTOWN, BLOOMINGTON, CANTON,\nEUREKA, GALESBURG, HAVANA, LACON, LINCOLN, NORMAL, PEKIN, PEORIA,\nPETERSBURG, RUSHVILLE, SPRINGFIELD, AND TOULON."}