980  
WUUS53 KFSD 022204  
SVRFSD  
SDC005-077-022245-  
/O.NEW.KFSD.SV.W.0173.260702T2204Z-260702T2245Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
504 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN KINGSBURY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...  
EASTERN BEADLE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...  
 
* UNTIL 545 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 502 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF HITCHCOCK TO NEAR CAVOUR TO 12  
MILES SOUTHEAST OF HURON, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  
 
THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS FOR HURON SOUTH DAKOTA, CAVOUR SOUTH  
DAKOTA, YALE SOUTH DAKOTA, AND IROQUOIS SOUTH DAKOTA.  
 
HAZARD...90 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...ASOS EQUIPMENT. AT 456 PM, A 90 MPH WIND GUST WAS  
REPORTED AT THE ASOS STATION IN HURON, SOUTH DAKOTA.  
 
IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS  
MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE  
HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. HOMES AND  
BUSINESSES WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE.  
EXPECT EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES.  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
CAVOUR AND YALE AROUND 510 PM CDT.  
IROQUOIS AROUND 515 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE DE  
SMET.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH TORNADO LIKE WIND  
SPEEDS EXPECTED. MOBILE HOMES AND HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES ARE  
ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE AND MAY BE  
OVERTURNED. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE  
LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE  
SERIOUS INJURY AND SIGNIFICANT PROPERTY DAMAGE.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4454 9785 4454 9756 4433 9743 4423 9835  
4456 9840 4463 9815 4463 9786  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 237DEG 42KT 4457 9821 4434 9812 4422 9806  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX WIND GUST...90 MPH  
 

 
 
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