Weather Alerts For Buffalo Ridge, SD

# SUMMARY -------------------- The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a - Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Lyon County in northwestern Iowa... Rock County in southwestern Minnesota... Pipestone County in southwestern Minnesota... Moody County in east central South Dakota... Lake County in east central South Dakota... Minnehaha County in southeastern South Dakota... Northern Lincoln County in southeastern South Dakota... Northeastern McCook County in southeastern South Dakota... Eastern Turner County in southeastern South Dakota... - Until 445 AM CDT. - At 340 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles north of Farmer to near Montrose to Hurley, moving northeast at 60 mph. # DETAILS -------------------- HAZARD 70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE Radar indicated. IMPACT Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR - Hartford, Lennox, Salem, Wall Lake, Humboldt, Montrose, and Chancellor around 345 AM CDT. Sioux Falls, Tea, Crooks, Colton, Orland, Ellis, and Lyons around 350 AM CDT. Harrisburg, Baltic, and Renner around 355 AM CDT. Lake Herman State Park, Brandon, Chester, Lake Alvin State Recreation Area, and Dell Rapids around 400 AM CDT. - Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Madison, Trent, Wentworth, Corson, Rowena, Garretson, Valley Springs, Colman, Sherman, Palisades State Park, Hills, Jasper, Beaver Creek, Egan, Pipestone, Flandreau and Nunda. ISSUED AT Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 3:40 AM CDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD HEADER BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED | Severe Thunderstorm Warning # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside should move immediately to shelter inside a strong building. Stay away from windows. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

# SUMMARY -------------------- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 427 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 6 AM CDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA LINCOLN LYON MURRAY PIPESTONE ROCK IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA JERAULD IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA BEADLE BROOKINGS KINGSBURY LAKE MINER MOODY SANBORN IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AURORA BRULE CHARLES MIX DOUGLAS GREGORY IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA BON HOMME DAVISON HANSON HUTCHINSON LINCOLN MCCOOK MINNEHAHA TURNER YANKTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, ALPENA, ARLINGTON, ARMOUR, AVON, BRIDGEWATER, BROOKINGS, BURKE, CANISTOTA, CANTON, CENTERVILLE, CHAMBERLAIN, CHANCELLOR, CLAYTON, CORSICA, DE SMET, DELMONT, EMERY, FLANDREAU, FREEMAN, FULDA, GREGORY, HARRISBURG, HENDRICKS, HOWARD, HURLEY, HURON, IRENE, IVANHOE, KIMBALL, LAKE ANDES, LAKE BENTON, LAKE PRESTON, LENNOX, LUVERNE, MADISON, MARION, MARSHALL, MARTY, MENNO, MITCHELL, MONTROSE, ORLAND, PARKER, PARKSTON, PIPESTONE, PLANKINTON, PLATTE, SALEM, SCOTLAND, SIOUX FALLS, SLAYTON, SPRINGFIELD, STICKNEY, TABOR, TEA, TRIPP, TYLER, TYNDALL, VIBORG, WAGNER, WESSINGTON SPRINGS, WHITE LAKE, WOONSOCKET, AND YANKTON. # DETAILS -------------------- ISSUED AT Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 2:51 AM CDT ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD HEADER WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 427

Closest strike: 0.21 miles Stay Alert! Remain in a safe area until there has been no lightning within 10 miles of this location for 30 minutes. Please be aware that lightning activity can remain high even when a storm is moving away from your location. Even if rain has stopped, do not leave your safe area until WeatherBug indicates that lightning is more than 10 miles away from this selected location. IF OUTDOORS Avoid water, high ground, and open spaces. Avoid all metal objects including electric wires, fences, and machinery. Find a safe area in a building or in a fully enclosed vehicle with the windows completely shut. Unsafe places include underneath canopies, small picnic or rain shelters, convertibles, or near trees. IF INDOORS Avoid water and stay away from doors and windows. Avoid using a hard line telephone. Take off headphones. Turn off, unplug, and stay away from appliances, computers, power tools, and TV sets. Lightning may strike exterior electric and phone lines, inducing shocks to inside equipment.

There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN KANSAS SUMMARY Scattered severe thunderstorms will continue across parts of the central High Plains, with severe wind gusts being the primary hazard. Other severe thunderstorms are still possible across the Great Lakes and Northeast, as well as broader parts of the central Plains to middle Missouri Valley. Central Plains into the Upper MS Valley Between a broad large-scale trough over the West and an expansive upper ridge over the eastern half of the CONUS, a belt of enhanced midlevel southwesterly flow is yielding around 40-50 kt of effective shear from the central Plains into the upper MS Valley. Here, middle/upper 60s to lower 70s dewpoints beneath steep midlevel lapse rates (sampled by 00Z observed soundings) are contributing to moderate-strong surface-based buoyancy. Despite gradual nocturnal boundary-layer cooling, this buoyancy and deep-layer shear will continue to promote the development of loosely organized convective clusters and supercell structures spreading northeastward overnight. The primary concern with this activity will be damaging/severe wind gusts (some upwards of 75 mph) and large hail. Northeast A band of thunderstorms tracking southeastward across southern Ontario could spread into parts of NY tonight, and given an established cold pool, damaging winds will be possible. However, surface observations and the 00Z ALB sounding suggest lingering low-level static stability in the wake of earlier convection may limit the overall severe risk.