June 17, 2026

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Hanson, SD; Lake, SD; McCook, SD; Miner, SD; Minnehaha, SD – Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Hanson, SD; Lake, SD; McCook, SD; Miner, SD; Minnehaha, SD
Effective 6/17/2026, 4:04:00 PM CDT
Expires 6/17/2026, 4:45:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 17 at 4:04PM CDT until June 17 at 4:45PM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD

Details

SVRFSD

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southern Lake County in east central South Dakota…
Northwestern Minnehaha County in southeastern South Dakota…
Eastern Miner County in east central South Dakota…
McCook County in southeastern South Dakota…
Hanson County in southeastern South Dakota…

* Until 445 PM CDT.

* At 404 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Winfred to 6 miles southwest of Canova to
Fulton, moving southeast at 45 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Mesonet. Around 340 PM CDT, a 62 mph wind gust was
reported 4 miles east southeast of Forestburg, SD.

IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near…
Alexandria, Spencer In McCook County, Winfred, Canova, and Farmer
around 410 PM CDT.
Lake Herman State Park, Salem, Emery, and Orland around 415 PM
CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Bridgewater, Canistota and Montrose.

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.