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

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 17 at 5:54PM CDT until June 17 at 6:45PM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD

Details

SVRFSD

The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Cherokee County in northwestern Iowa…
Osceola County in northwestern Iowa…
Dickinson County in northwestern Iowa…
Eastern Sioux County in northwestern Iowa…
Eastern Plymouth County in northwestern Iowa…
Buena Vista County in northwestern Iowa…
Clay County in northwestern Iowa…
O’Brien County in northwestern Iowa…

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 554 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Round Lake to near Paullina to near Merrill,
moving southeast at 65 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near…
Le Mars, Hartley, Remsen, Marcus, Lake Park, Paullina, Primghar,
Merrill, Sutherland, and Ocheyedan around 600 PM CDT.
Everly, Cleghorn, and Larrabee around 605 PM CDT.
Spencer In Clay County, Cherokee, Spirit Lake, Milford, Kingsley,
Arnolds Park, Okoboji, Royal, Wahpeton, and Peterson around 610 PM
CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Aurelia, Sioux Rapids, Quimby, Washta, Linn Grove, Greenville,
Terril, Webb, Alta, Marathon, Truesdale, Storm Lake, Albert City,
Lakeside and Newell.

Instructions

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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