Minnesota, South Dakota Severe Severe Thunderstorm Watch | Effective 08/08/2026 21:56

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 8 at 11:56PM CDT until August 9 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS Aberdeen SD
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
August 8, 2026 - 9:56pm
Expires: 
August 9, 2026 - 5:00am
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 545 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT SUNDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BIG STONE TRAVERSE IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA HAND HUGHES HYDE SULLY IN NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA CAMPBELL EDMUNDS FAULK MCPHERSON POTTER WALWORTH IN NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA BROWN CLARK CODINGTON DAY DEUEL GRANT HAMLIN MARSHALL ROBERTS SPINK THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, BRITTON, CLARK, CLEAR LAKE, EUREKA, FAULKTON, GETTYSBURG, HAYTI, HERREID, HIGHMORE, IPSWICH, MILBANK, MILLER, MOBRIDGE, ONIDA, ORTONVILLE, PIERRE, REDFIELD, SISSETON, WATERTOWN, WEBSTER, AND WHEATON.
Area Description: 
Big Stone, MN; Traverse, MN; Brown, SD; Campbell, SD; Clark, SD; Codington, SD; Day, SD; Deuel, SD; Edmunds, SD; Faulk, SD; Grant, SD; Hamlin, SD; Hand, SD; Hughes, SD; Hyde, SD; McPherson, SD; Marshall, SD; Potter, SD; Roberts, SD; Spink, SD; Sully, SD; Walworth, SD
Forcast Office: 
NWS Aberdeen SD
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov