| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Buena Vista, IA; Cherokee, IA; Clay, IA; Dickinson, IA; Ida, IA; Lyon, IA; O’Brien, IA; Osceola, IA; Plymouth, IA; Sioux, IA; Woodbury, IA |
| Effective | 6/17/2026, 3:55:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 6/17/2026, 11:00:00 AM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued June 17 at 3:55AM CDT until June 17 at 11:00AM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
339 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING 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
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ARNOLDS PARK, BATTLE CREEK, CHEROKEE,
GEORGE, HARTLEY, HAWARDEN, HOLSTEIN, HULL, IDA GROVE, INWOOD,
LARCHWOOD, LE MARS, MILFORD, ORANGE CITY, ROCK RAPIDS,
ROCK VALLEY, SANBORN, SHELDON, SIBLEY, SIOUX CENTER, SIOUX CITY,
SPENCER, SPIRIT LAKE, AND STORM LAKE.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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