July 3, 2026

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Lake, SD; McCook, SD; Miner, SD; Minnehaha, SD; Moody, SD – Thursday, July 2, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Lake, SD; McCook, SD; Miner, SD; Minnehaha, SD; Moody, SD
Effective 7/2/2026, 6:21:00 PM CDT
Expires 7/2/2026, 7:00:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 2 at 6:21PM CDT until July 2 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD

Details

SVRFSD

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Moody County in east central South Dakota…
Lake County in east central South Dakota…
Northern Minnehaha County in southeastern South Dakota…
Extreme eastern Miner County in east central South Dakota…
Northeastern McCook County in southeastern South Dakota…

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 620 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Ramona to Madison to near Montrose, moving east
at 45 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near…
Madison, Wentworth, and Nunda around 625 PM CDT.
Colman and Chester around 630 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Flandreau, Egan, Dell Rapids and Trent.

Instructions

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.


This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.