Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 05/17/2026 14:18

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 4:18PM CDT until May 17 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
May 17, 2026 - 2:18pm
Expires: 
May 17, 2026 - 3:00pm
Description: 
SVRFSD The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Western Lyon County in northwestern Iowa... Southwestern Rock County in southwestern Minnesota... Southern Minnehaha County in southeastern South Dakota... Northern Lincoln County in southeastern South Dakota... Northeastern Turner County in southeastern South Dakota... * Until 500 PM CDT. * At 418 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Chancellor to near Lennox to near Worthing, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. 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... Sioux Falls, Harrisburg, and Tea around 425 PM CDT. Lake Alvin State Recreation Area around 435 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Inwood, Brandon, Larchwood and Rowena.
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; Rock, MN; Lincoln, SD; Minnehaha, SD; Turner, SD
Forcast Office: 
NWS Sioux Falls SD