Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 6:30PM CDT until May 17 at 7:45PM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 17, 2026 - 4:30pm
Expires:
May 17, 2026 - 5:45pm
Description:
SVRFSD
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Osceola County in northwestern Iowa...
Dickinson County in northwestern Iowa...
Jackson County in southwestern Minnesota...
Eastern Nobles County in southwestern Minnesota...
Southeastern Murray County in southwestern Minnesota...
Southern Cottonwood County in southwestern Minnesota...
* Until 745 PM CDT.
* At 629 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Fulda to near Round Lake to near Sibley, moving east
at 35 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Public. At 618 PM CDT, quarter sized hail was reported 5
miles southwest of Worthington.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable
tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes,
roofs, and outbuildings.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Ocheyedan, Brewster, Round Lake, and Harris around 635 PM CDT.
Heron Lake around 640 PM CDT.
Lake Park around 645 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Lakefield, Windom, Jackson In Jackson County, Kilen Woods State Park,
Spirit Lake, Bergen, Okoboji, Orleans, Wahpeton, Bingham Lake and
West Okoboji.
Instruction:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northwestern
Iowa...and southwestern Minnesota.
Area Description:
Dickinson, IA; Osceola, IA; Cottonwood, MN; Jackson, MN; Murray, MN; Nobles, MN
Forcast Office:
NWS Sioux Falls SD
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov