Severe Thunderstorm Watch For Sioux Falls Sunday Night

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for parts of South Dakota and Minnesota, effective until 12:00 AM Monday morning. The Watch area includes Sioux Falls

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms to form.

If storms do develop, they could produce strong winds, large hail, and possibly tornadoes.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
   Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 548
   NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
   445 PM CDT Sun Jul 27 2025

   The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

   * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of 
     Central and Southern Minnesota
     Eastern South Dakota

   * Effective this Sunday afternoon from 445 PM until Midnight CDT.

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

   SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms are ongoing across
   west-central MN and adjacent far northeastern SD. These storms
   developed in a strongly unstable and sheared environment and are
   expected to persist through the afternoon. Additional severe storm
   development is possible across eastern SD as well. Large to very
   large hail and strong gusts are possible with these storms. A brief
   tornado could also occur. Over time, the development of a
   southward-moving convective line is possible, with the threat for
   strong to severe gusts continuing within this line.

   The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60
   statute miles north and south of a line from 50 miles southwest of
   Watertown SD to 30 miles north northeast of Minneapolis MN. For a
   complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
   update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU8).

   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.