| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Beadle, SD; Brookings, SD; Kingsbury, SD |
| Effective | 7/2/2026, 5:41:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/2/2026, 6:30:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 2 at 5:41PM CDT until July 2 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD
Details
SVRFSD
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Kingsbury County in east central South Dakota…
Northeastern Beadle County in east central South Dakota…
Northwestern Brookings County in east central South Dakota…
* Until 630 PM CDT.
* At 541 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Willow Lake to Bryant to 6 miles north of Lake
Preston, moving northeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near…
Badger around 545 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include
Bancroft and Erwin.
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.
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