| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Cherokee, IA; Plymouth, IA |
| Effective | 7/2/2026, 7:26:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 7/2/2026, 8:00:00 AM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 2 at 7:26AM CDT until July 2 at 8:00AM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD
Details
SVRFSD
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
West central Cherokee County in northwestern Iowa…
East central Plymouth County in northwestern Iowa…
* Until 800 AM CDT.
* At 726 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kingsley, or
14 miles southeast of Le Mars, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
west central Cherokee and east central Plymouth Counties.
Instructions
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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