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Rock County Sheriff's Office MN
Friday May 15th, 2026 :: 05:20 p.m. CDT

Advisory

Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 01:00AM Saturday

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 205 IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN IOWA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST IOWA BUENA VISTA CHEROKEE CLAY DICKINSON LYON O'BRIEN OSCEOLA PLYMOUTH SIOUX IN WEST CENTRAL IOWA IDA WOODBURY IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA JACKSON NOBLES IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA DAKOTA DIXON IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA CLAY UNION THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALCESTER, ALLEN, ARNOLDS PARK, BATTLE CREEK, BERESFORD, CHEROKEE, ELK POINT, GEORGE, HARTLEY, HAWARDEN, HOLSTEIN, HULL, IDA GROVE, INWOOD, JACKSON, JEFFERSON, LAKEFIELD, LARCHWOOD, LE MARS, MILFORD, NORTH SIOUX CITY, ORANGE CITY, PONCA, ROCK RAPIDS, ROCK VALLEY, SANBORN, SHELDON, SIBLEY, SIOUX CENTER, SIOUX CITY, SOUTH SIOUX CITY, SPENCER, SPIRIT LAKE, STORM LAKE, VERMILLION, WAKEFIELD, AND WORTHINGTON.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BUENA VISTA, IA ... CHEROKEE, IA ... CLAY, IA ... DICKINSON, IA ... IDA, IA ... LYON, IA ... O'BRIEN, IA ... OSCEOLA, IA ... PLYMOUTH, IA ... SIOUX, IA ... WOODBURY, IA ... JACKSON, MN ... NOBLES, MN ... DAKOTA, NE ... DIXON, NE ... CLAY, SD ... UNION, SD

Address/Location
Rock County Sheriff's Office MN
1000 N Blue Mound Ave
Luverne, MN 56156

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 507-283-5000

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Future - Responsive action SHOULD be taken in the near future
Certainty:
Possible (p <= ~50%)
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch

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