WWUS53 KFSD 182219
SVSFSD

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
519 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

IAC035-093-149-193-182300-
/O.CON.KFSD.SV.W.0052.000000T0000Z-260518T2300Z/
Cherokee IA-Woodbury IA-Plymouth IA-Ida IA-
519 PM CDT Mon May 18 2026

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN CHEROKEE...WOODBURY...SOUTHEASTERN PLYMOUTH AND
NORTHWESTERN IDA COUNTIES...

At 518 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Smithland, or
24 miles southeast of Sioux City, moving northeast at 65 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
         damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind 
         damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

This severe storm will be near...
  Correctionville and Anthon around 525 PM CDT.
  Pierson around 530 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Washta, Cushing and Quimby.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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LAT...LON 4276 9608 4266 9544 4221 9589 4222 9629
      4222 9630
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 211DEG 57KT 4229 9601 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

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