Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 4:56PM CDT until May 17 at 5:45PM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
May 17, 2026 - 2:56pm
Expires:
May 17, 2026 - 3:45pm
Description:
SVRFSD
The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Lyon County in northwestern Iowa...
Rock County in southwestern Minnesota...
Western Nobles County in southwestern Minnesota...
Southeastern Minnehaha County in southeastern South Dakota...
* Until 545 PM CDT.
* At 456 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Valley Springs to Larchwood to near Canton, moving
east at 40 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
Larchwood, Inwood, Valley Springs, Hills, Beaver Creek, and Lester
around 500 PM CDT.
Luverne and Alvord around 505 PM CDT.
Rock Rapids and Blue Mounds State Park around 510 PM CDT.
Doon around 515 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Ellsworth, George, Adrian, Lismore and Little Rock.
Instruction:
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...southwestern Minnesota...and southeastern South Dakota.
Area Description:
Lyon, IA; Nobles, MN; Rock, MN; Minnehaha, SD
Forcast Office:
NWS Sioux Falls SD
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov