Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota Severe Thunderstorm Watch - Severe | Effective 05/24/2026 14:54

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 24 at 4:54PM CDT until May 24 at 11:00PM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
May 24, 2026 - 2:54pm
Expires: 
May 24, 2026 - 9:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 243 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST IOWA LYON O'BRIEN OSCEOLA PLYMOUTH SIOUX IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA COTTONWOOD JACKSON LINCOLN LYON MURRAY NOBLES PIPESTONE ROCK IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA DAKOTA DIXON IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 17 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA BROOKINGS LAKE MINER MOODY IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA CHARLES MIX DOUGLAS GREGORY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA BON HOMME CLAY HANSON HUTCHINSON LINCOLN MCCOOK MINNEHAHA TURNER UNION YANKTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALCESTER, ALEXANDRIA, ALLEN, ARMOUR, AVON, BERESFORD, BRIDGEWATER, BROOKINGS, BURKE, CANISTOTA, CANTON, CENTERVILLE, CHANCELLOR, CLAYTON, CORSICA, DELMONT, ELK POINT, EMERY, FLANDREAU, FREEMAN, FULDA, GEORGE, GREGORY, HARRISBURG, HARTLEY, HAWARDEN, HENDRICKS, HOWARD, HULL, HURLEY, INWOOD, IRENE, IVANHOE, JACKSON, JEFFERSON, LAKE ANDES, LAKE BENTON, LAKEFIELD, LARCHWOOD, LE MARS, LENNOX, LUVERNE, MADISON, MARION, MARSHALL, MARTY, MENNO, MONTROSE, MOUNTAIN LAKE, NORTH SIOUX CITY, ORANGE CITY, ORLAND, PARKER, PARKSTON, PIPESTONE, PLATTE, PONCA, ROCK RAPIDS, ROCK VALLEY, SALEM, SANBORN, SCOTLAND, SHELDON, SIBLEY, SIOUX CENTER, SIOUX FALLS, SLAYTON, SOUTH SIOUX CITY, SPRINGFIELD, TABOR, TEA, TRIPP, TYLER, TYNDALL, VERMILLION, VIBORG, WAGNER, WAKEFIELD, WINDOM, WORTHINGTON, AND YANKTON.
Area Description: 
Lyon, IA; O'Brien, IA; Osceola, IA; Plymouth, IA; Sioux, IA; Cottonwood, MN; Jackson, MN; Lincoln, MN; Lyon, MN; Murray, MN; Nobles, MN; Pipestone, MN; Rock, MN; Dakota, NE; Dixon, NE; Bon Homme, SD; Brookings, SD; Charles Mix, SD; Clay, SD; Douglas, SD; Gregory, SD; Hanson, SD; Hutchinson, SD; Lake, SD; Lincoln, SD; McCook, SD; Miner, SD; Minnehaha, SD; Moody, SD; Turner, SD; Union, SD; Yankton, SD
Forcast Office: 
NWS Sioux Falls SD
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov