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Sioux County Sheriff's Office
Wednesday June 17th, 2026 :: 05:55 p.m. CDT

Alert

Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 06:45PM

SVRFSD The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Cherokee County in northwestern Iowa... Osceola County in northwestern Iowa... Dickinson County in northwestern Iowa... Eastern Sioux County in northwestern Iowa... Eastern Plymouth County in northwestern Iowa... Buena Vista County in northwestern Iowa... Clay County in northwestern Iowa... O'Brien County in northwestern Iowa...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 554 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Round Lake to near Paullina to near Merrill, moving southeast at 65 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near... Le Mars, Hartley, Remsen, Marcus, Lake Park, Paullina, Primghar, Merrill, Sutherland, and Ocheyedan around 600 PM CDT. Everly, Cleghorn, and Larrabee around 605 PM CDT. Spencer In Clay County, Cherokee, Spirit Lake, Milford, Kingsley, Arnolds Park, Okoboji, Royal, Wahpeton, and Peterson around 610 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Aurelia, Sioux Rapids, Quimby, Washta, Linn Grove, Greenville, Terril, Webb, Alta, Marathon, Truesdale, Storm Lake, Albert City, Lakeside and Newell.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BUENA VISTA, IA ... CHEROKEE, IA ... CLAY, IA ... DICKINSON, IA ... O'BRIEN, IA ... OSCEOLA, IA ... PLYMOUTH, IA ... SIOUX, IA

Instructions:

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Address/Location
Sioux County Sheriff's Office
4363 Ironwood Ave., Ste 1
Orange City, IA 51250

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 712-737-3307

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Alert Details

Severity:
Severe - Significant threat to life or property
Urgency:
Immediate - Responsive action SHOULD be taken immediately
Certainty:
Observed - Determined to have occurred or to be ongoing
Category:
Meteorological (inc. flood)
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning

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