{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.d7afb425920b6486b2f359e41b23351af3f7b886.002.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 2 at 4:17PM CDT until July 2 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-02","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.d7afb425920b6486b2f359e41b23351af3f7b886.002.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Des Moines IA"},"word_count":161,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Severe Thunderstorm Watch: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 2 at 4:17PM CDT until July 2 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Possible\n**Urgency:** Future\n**Areas:** Black Hawk, IA; Bremer, IA; Butler, IA; Franklin, IA; Grundy, IA; Hardin, IA; Marshall, IA; Tama, IA\n**Issued by:** NWS Des Moines IA\n**Sent:** 2026-07-02T16:17:00-05:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-02T16:17:00-05:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-02T19:00:00-05:00\n\n## Description\nSEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 437 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS\nEVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS\n\nIN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES\n\nIN CENTRAL IOWA\n\nGRUNDY                HARDIN                MARSHALL\nTAMA\n\nIN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA\n\nBUTLER                FRANKLIN\n\nIN NORTHEAST IOWA\n\nBLACK HAWK            BREMER\n\nTHIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKLEY, ALLISON, APLINGTON,\nCEDAR FALLS, CLARKSVILLE, CONRAD, DIKE, DUMONT, DYSART, ELDORA,\nGLADBROOK, GREENE, GRUNDY CENTER, HAMPTON, IOWA FALLS,\nMARSHALLTOWN, PARKERSBURG, REINBECK, SHELL ROCK, TAMA, TOLEDO,\nTRAER, WATERLOO, WAVERLY, AND WELLSBURG.\n\n* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...\n\nSCATTERED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH LIKELY.\nSCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2\nINCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE.\nA TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE."}