Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota Tornado Watch | Effective 05/17/2026 11:42

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 213 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING 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 IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA COTTONWOOD JACKSON MURRAY NOBLES PIPESTONE ROCK IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA DAKOTA DIXON IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA LAKE MINER MOODY SANBORN IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AURORA CHARLES MIX DOUGLAS GREGORY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA BON HOMME CLAY DAVISON HANSON HUTCHINSON LINCOLN MCCOOK MINNEHAHA TURNER UNION YANKTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALCESTER, ALEXANDRIA, ALLEN, ARMOUR, ARNOLDS PARK, AVON, BATTLE CREEK, BERESFORD, BRIDGEWATER, BURKE, CANISTOTA, CANTON, CENTERVILLE, CHANCELLOR, CHEROKEE, CLAYTON, CORSICA, DELMONT, ELK POINT, EMERY, FLANDREAU, FREEMAN, FULDA, GEORGE, GREGORY, HARRISBURG, HARTLEY, HAWARDEN, HOLSTEIN, HOWARD, HULL, HURLEY, IDA GROVE, INWOOD, IRENE, JACKSON, JEFFERSON, LAKE ANDES, LAKEFIELD, LARCHWOOD, LE MARS, LENNOX, LUVERNE, MADISON, MARION, MARTY, MENNO, MILFORD, MITCHELL, MONTROSE, MOUNTAIN LAKE, NORTH SIOUX CITY, ORANGE CITY, ORLAND, PARKER, PARKSTON, PIPESTONE, PLANKINTON, PLATTE, PONCA, ROCK RAPIDS, ROCK VALLEY, SALEM, SANBORN, SCOTLAND, SHELDON, SIBLEY, SIOUX CENTER, SIOUX CITY, SIOUX FALLS, SLAYTON, SOUTH SIOUX CITY, SPENCER, SPIRIT LAKE, SPRINGFIELD, STICKNEY, STORM LAKE, TABOR, TEA, TRIPP, TYNDALL, VERMILLION, VIBORG, WAGNER, WAKEFIELD, WHITE LAKE, WINDOM, WOONSOCKET, WORTHINGTON, AND YANKTON.