| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Buena Vista, IA; Cherokee, IA; Ida, IA; Plymouth, IA; Woodbury, IA; Union, SD |
| Effective | 8/12/2026, 4:11:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/12/2026, 10:00:00 AM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 12 at 4:11AM CDT until August 12 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH 573 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS
MORNING
IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST IOWA
BUENA VISTA CHEROKEE PLYMOUTH
IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA
IDA WOODBURY
IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY
IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
UNION
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALCESTER, BATTLE CREEK, BERESFORD,
CHEROKEE, ELK POINT, HOLSTEIN, IDA GROVE, JEFFERSON, LE MARS,
NORTH SIOUX CITY, SIOUX CITY, AND STORM LAKE.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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