August 9, 2026

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – 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 – Saturday, August 8, 2026

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.