South Dakota Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/17/2026 12:49

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 2:49PM CDT until May 17 at 3:30PM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 17, 2026 - 12:49pm
Expires: 
May 17, 2026 - 1:30pm
Description: 
SVRFSD The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Bon Homme County in southeastern South Dakota... Yankton County in southeastern South Dakota... Southeastern Hutchinson County in southeastern South Dakota... * Until 330 PM CDT. * At 249 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Avon, or 13 miles west of Tyndall, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Tyndall, Springfield, and Avon around 255 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Tabor, Scotland and Utica.
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 south central and southeastern South Dakota.
Area Description: 
Bon Homme, SD; Hutchinson, SD; Yankton, SD
Forcast Office: 
NWS Sioux Falls SD
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov