⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Buena Vista, IA; Cherokee, IA; Clay, IA; Dickinson, IA; Ida, IA; Lyon, IA; O’Brien, IA; Osceola, IA; Plymouth, IA; Sioux, IA; Woodbury, IA; Cottonwood, MN; Jackson, MN; Nobles, MN; Dakota, NE; Dixon, NE; Clay, SD; Union, SD – Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 1 at 7:38PM CDT until July 2 at 2:00AM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
435 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST IOWA

BUENA VISTA CHEROKEE CLAY
DICKINSON LYON O’BRIEN
OSCEOLA PLYMOUTH SIOUX

IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA

IDA WOODBURY

IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

COTTONWOOD JACKSON NOBLES

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

DAKOTA DIXON

IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

CLAY UNION

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALCESTER, ALLEN, ARNOLDS PARK,
BATTLE CREEK, BERESFORD, CHEROKEE, ELK POINT, GEORGE, HARTLEY,
HAWARDEN, HOLSTEIN, HULL, IDA GROVE, INWOOD, JACKSON, JEFFERSON,
LAKEFIELD, LARCHWOOD, LE MARS, MILFORD, MOUNTAIN LAKE,
NORTH SIOUX CITY, ORANGE CITY, PONCA, ROCK RAPIDS, ROCK VALLEY,
SANBORN, SHELDON, SIBLEY, SIOUX CENTER, SIOUX CITY,
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, SPENCER, SPIRIT LAKE, STORM LAKE, VERMILLION,
WAKEFIELD, WINDOM, AND WORTHINGTON.

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