June 17, 2026

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Buena Vista, IA; Cherokee, IA; Clay, IA; Dickinson, IA; Ida, IA; Lyon, IA; O’Brien, IA; Osceola, IA; Plymouth, IA; Sioux, IA; Woodbury, IA – Wednesday, June 17, 2026

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.