NWS Sioux Falls SDSV.W 0130June 28, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Lyon, Rock, Lincoln and 2 more, IA and MN
The National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lyon, Rock, Lincoln and 2 more in Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, which was in force until 5:30 a.m. local time on June 28. It was the 130th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Sioux Falls issued in 2026. Iowa had 154 severe thunderstorm warnings in June 2026, against 172 in an average June of 2008-2025 (Iowa's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Sioux Falls SD
- Area
- Lyon, Rock, Lincoln and 2 more
- State
- Iowa
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:24 a.m. CDT, June 28, 2026
- Expires
- 5:30 a.m. CDT, June 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KFSD SV.W 0130
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa since 2008Every warning type in Iowa
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The notice as issued
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... Minnehaha County in southeastern South Dakota... Northern Lincoln County in southeastern South Dakota... Northeastern Turner County in southeastern South Dakota... * Until 530 AM CDT. * At 423 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Baltic to Sioux Falls to Lennox, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Airport Observation. At 4:22 AM CDT, the Sioux Falls automated weather observation reported a wind gust to 63 mph. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Sioux Falls, Brandon, Harrisburg, Worthing, Lake Alvin State Recreation Area, Corson, Dell Rapids, and Renner around 430 AM CDT. Garretson, Valley Springs, Palisades State Park, and Rowena around 435 AM CDT. Sherman around 440 AM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Larchwood, Beaver Creek, Hills, Luverne, Lester, Hardwick, Blue Mounds State Park and Rock Rapids.
What the agency told people to do
Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay away from windows.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.
The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa since 2008563 a year
- Every warning type in Iowa
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, June 20265,183 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels