⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Lyon; Sioux; O’Brien; Plymouth; Cherokee; Woodbury; Ida; Lincoln; Pipestone; Rock; Dixon; Dakota; Beadle; Kingsbury; Brookings; Sanborn; Miner; Lake; Moody; Davison; Hanson; McCook; Minnehaha; Hutchinson; Turner; Lincoln; Yankton; Clay; Union – Thursday, August 27, 2026

Event	Special Weather Statement
Severity	Moderate
Urgency	Expected
Certainty	Observed
Area	Lyon; Sioux; O’Brien; Plymouth; Cherokee; Woodbury; Ida; Lincoln; Pipestone; Rock; Dixon; Dakota; Beadle; Kingsbury; Brookings; Sanborn; Miner; Lake; Moody; Davison; Hanson; McCook; Minnehaha; Hutchinson; Turner; Lincoln; Yankton; Clay; Union
Effective	8/27/2026, 5:31:00 AM CDT
Expires	8/27/2026, 8:45:00 AM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued August 27 at 5:31AM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD

Details

Areas of fog, occasionally reducing visibility to less than a
half mile, have developed from the James River Valley, east into
portions of northwest Iowa and far southwest Minnesota early this
morning.

Travelers should be prepared for rapidly deteriorating or
changing visibility, and use extra caution at intersections,
railroad crossings, and school bus stops. The fog is expected to
improve by 8 to 9 AM.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.