Headline:
Tornado Watch issued July 20 at 8:43PM CDT until July 20 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
Event:
Tornado Watch
Urgency:
Future
Effective:
July 20, 2026 - 6:43pm
Expires:
July 20, 2026 - 8:00pm
Description:
TORNADO WATCH 500 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL IOWA
BOONE DALLAS JASPER
MARSHALL POLK POWESHIEK
STORY
IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA
APPANOOSE LUCAS MADISON
MAHASKA MARION MONROE
WARREN WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST IOWA
DAVIS WAPELLO
IN SOUTHWEST IOWA
ADAIR
IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA
GREENE GUTHRIE
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ADAIR, ADEL, ALBIA, ALLERTON, AMES,
BAYARD, BLOOMFIELD, BOONE, CARLISLE, CASEY, CENTERVILLE,
CHARITON, CORYDON, DES MOINES, EARLHAM, FONTANELLE, GREENFIELD,
GRINNELL, GUTHRIE CENTER, HUMESTON, INDIANOLA, JEFFERSON,
KNOXVILLE, MARSHALLTOWN, NEWTON, NORWALK, OSKALOOSA, OTTUMWA,
PANORA, PELLA, PERRY, SEYMOUR, STUART, WAUKEE, AND WINTERSET.
* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE...
A FEW TORNADOES LIKELY WITH A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE.
SCATTERED DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH ISOLATED SIGNIFICANT GUSTS
TO 75 MPH POSSIBLE.
SCATTERED LARGE HAIL AND ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2.5
INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE.
Area Description:
Adair, IA; Appanoose, IA; Boone, IA; Dallas, IA; Davis, IA; Greene, IA; Guthrie, IA; Jasper, IA; Lucas, IA; Madison, IA; Mahaska, IA; Marion, IA; Marshall, IA; Monroe, IA; Polk, IA; Poweshiek, IA; Story, IA; Wapello, IA; Warren, IA; Wayne, IA
Forcast Office:
NWS Des Moines IA
Sender: