{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.9e5642c47db4390c9cd734c726daaa1cb1731e39.002.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Tornado Watch issued July 20 at 5:59PM CDT until July 20 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-20","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.9e5642c47db4390c9cd734c726daaa1cb1731e39.002.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Quad Cities IA IL"},"word_count":137,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Tornado Watch: Tornado Watch issued July 20 at 5:59PM CDT until July 20 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL\n\n**Severity:** Extreme\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Benton, IA; Cedar, IA; Des Moines, IA; Henry, IA; Iowa, IA; Jefferson, IA; Johnson, IA; Jones, IA; Keokuk, IA; Lee, IA; Linn, IA; Louisa, IA; Muscatine, IA; Van Buren, IA; Washington, IA\n**Issued by:** NWS Quad Cities IA IL\n**Sent:** 2026-07-20T17:59:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-20T17:59:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-20T22:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nTORNADO WATCH 500 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR\nTHE FOLLOWING AREAS\n\nIN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES\n\nIN EAST CENTRAL IOWA\n\nBENTON                CEDAR                 IOWA\nJOHNSON               JONES                 LINN\nMUSCATINE\n\nIN SOUTHEAST IOWA\n\nDES MOINES            HENRY IA              JEFFERSON\nKEOKUK                LEE                   LOUISA\nVAN BUREN             WASHINGTON\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANAMOSA, BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS,\nFAIRFIELD, IOWA CITY, KEOKUK, KEOSAUQUA, MARENGO, MOUNT PLEASANT,\nMUSCATINE, SIGOURNEY, TIPTON, VINTON, WAPELLO, AND WASHINGTON."}