⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Buena Vista, IA; Cherokee, IA; Clay, IA; O’Brien, IA; Plymouth, IA; Sioux, IA; Clay, SD; Union, SD; Yankton, SD – Thursday, July 2, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 2 at 11:39PM CDT until July 3 at 6:00AM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
444 UNTIL 6 AM CDT FRIDAY WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH 443. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS

IN IOWA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST IOWA

BUENA VISTA CHEROKEE CLAY
O’BRIEN PLYMOUTH SIOUX

IN SOUTH DAKOTA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA

CLAY UNION YANKTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALCESTER, BERESFORD, CHEROKEE,
ELK POINT, HARTLEY, HAWARDEN, HULL, JEFFERSON, LE MARS,
NORTH SIOUX CITY, ORANGE CITY, ROCK VALLEY, SANBORN, SHELDON,
SIOUX CENTER, SPENCER, STORM LAKE, VERMILLION, AND YANKTON.

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