| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Cherokee, IA; Ida, IA; Lyon, IA; Plymouth, IA; Sioux, IA; Woodbury, IA; Dakota, NE; Dixon, NE; Union, SD |
| Effective | 9/1/2026, 9:51:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 9/2/2026, 5:00:00 AM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued September 1 at 9:51PM CDT until September 2 at 5:00AM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
640 UNTIL 5 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH 639. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS
IN IOWA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST IOWA
CHEROKEE LYON PLYMOUTH
SIOUX
IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA
IDA WOODBURY
IN NEBRASKA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES
IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
DAKOTA DIXON
IN SOUTH DAKOTA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
UNION
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALCESTER, ALLEN, BATTLE CREEK,
BERESFORD, CHEROKEE, ELK POINT, GEORGE, HAWARDEN, HOLSTEIN, HULL,
IDA GROVE, INWOOD, JEFFERSON, LARCHWOOD, LE MARS,
NORTH SIOUX CITY, ORANGE CITY, PONCA, ROCK RAPIDS, ROCK VALLEY,
SIOUX CENTER, SIOUX CITY, SOUTH SIOUX CITY, AND WAKEFIELD.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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