| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Cherokee, IA; Dickinson, IA; Lyon, IA; O’Brien, IA; Osceola, IA; Plymouth, IA; Sioux, IA; Woodbury, IA; Jackson, MN; Nobles, MN; Rock, MN; Dakota, NE; Dixon, NE; Clay, SD; Lincoln, SD; Minnehaha, SD; Turner, SD; Union, SD |
| Effective | 6/29/2026, 11:56:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 6/30/2026, 4:00:00 AM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued June 29 at 11:56PM CDT until June 30 at 4:00AM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
420 UNTIL 4 AM CDT TUESDAY WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH 417. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS
IN IOWA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST IOWA
CHEROKEE DICKINSON LYON
O’BRIEN OSCEOLA PLYMOUTH
SIOUX
IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA
WOODBURY
IN MINNESOTA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
JACKSON NOBLES ROCK
IN NEBRASKA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
DAKOTA DIXON
IN SOUTH DAKOTA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
CLAY LINCOLN MINNEHAHA
TURNER UNION
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALCESTER, ALLEN, ARNOLDS PARK,
BERESFORD, CANTON, CENTERVILLE, CHANCELLOR, CHEROKEE, ELK POINT,
GEORGE, HARRISBURG, HARTLEY, HAWARDEN, HULL, HURLEY, INWOOD,
IRENE, JACKSON, JEFFERSON, LAKEFIELD, LARCHWOOD, LE MARS, LENNOX,
LUVERNE, MARION, MILFORD, NORTH SIOUX CITY, ORANGE CITY, PARKER,
PONCA, ROCK RAPIDS, ROCK VALLEY, SANBORN, SHELDON, SIBLEY,
SIOUX CENTER, SIOUX CITY, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH SIOUX CITY,
SPIRIT LAKE, TEA, VERMILLION, VIBORG, WAKEFIELD, AND WORTHINGTON.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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