Severe Thunderstorm Watch Overnight into Tuesday For Sioux Falls

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for much of southeast South Dakota and parts of Iowa and Minnesota. The Watch is in effect until 6:00 AM Tuesday (August 27, 2024).

Sioux Falls, Brookings, Mitchell, Huron, Yankton, and Vermillion are included in the Watch area.

A Watch means that conditions are right for the development of severe thunderstorms. Those storms may include very strong winds, large hail, heavy rain, and the possibility of tornados.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 654
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   1055 PM CDT Mon Aug 26 2024

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Northwest Iowa
     Southwest Minnesota
     Northern Nebraska
     Southeast South Dakota

   * Effective this Monday night and Tuesday morning from 1055 PM
     until 600 AM CDT.

   * Primary threats include...
     Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
       inches in diameter possible
     Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

   SUMMARY...Mainly elevated thunderstorms should pose some threat for
   severe hail up to 1-2 inches in diameter as they move generally
   east-northeastward through the overnight hours. If these
   thunderstorms can consolidate into a cluster, then a threat for
   severe/damaging winds around 60-70 mph may be realized.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 50
   statute miles north and south of a line from 10 miles southwest of
   Valentine NE to 25 miles north northeast of Spencer IA. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).

   PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

   REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
   favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
   Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
   weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
   warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
   tornadoes.

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Sioux Falls, South Dakota may not be smack dab in the middle of Tornado Alley, but we still get our share of severe thunderstorms. Thunder, rain, lighting, and tornadoes are all possible.

The thing about tornadoes is that they are very destructive and very rare. Most people probably won’t even see an actual twister in their life. But if they do, it can mean devastation.

We don’t need to be at battle stations all spring and summer and freak out every time it gets cloudy.

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