| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Big Stone, MN; Traverse, MN; Brown, SD; Campbell, SD; Clark, SD; Codington, SD; Day, SD; Deuel, SD; Edmunds, SD; Faulk, SD; Grant, SD; Hamlin, SD; Hand, SD; Hughes, SD; Hyde, SD; McPherson, SD; Marshall, SD; Potter, SD; Roberts, SD; Spink, SD; Sully, SD; Walworth, SD |
| Effective | 8/8/2026, 11:56:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/9/2026, 7:00:00 AM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 8 at 11:56PM CDT until August 9 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS Aberdeen SD
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
545 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
BIG STONE TRAVERSE
IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
HAND HUGHES HYDE
SULLY
IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
CAMPBELL EDMUNDS FAULK
MCPHERSON POTTER WALWORTH
IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
BROWN CLARK CODINGTON
DAY DEUEL GRANT
HAMLIN MARSHALL ROBERTS
SPINK
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, BRITTON, CLARK, CLEAR LAKE,
EUREKA, FAULKTON, GETTYSBURG, HAYTI, HERREID, HIGHMORE, IPSWICH,
MILBANK, MILLER, MOBRIDGE, ONIDA, ORTONVILLE, PIERRE, REDFIELD,
SISSETON, WATERTOWN, WEBSTER, AND WHEATON.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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