Tornado near Dixon, South Dakota earlier this afternoon.

📸 Natalie Kolbe

#SDwx

‼️ Extremely Dangerous Thunderstorm Warning ‼️

Storms are producing wind speeds of 80+ mph in parts of central South Dakota. Make sure to seek shelter if you’re in the path of these storms!

Heads up, Sioux Falls area! Most communities have been added to the Severe Thunderstorm Watch.

That impressive line of storms continues to move east. Embedded rotation remains likely which would result in a possible tornado.

This large area under a Severe Thunderstorm Warning is for 70 mph wind gusts. This will cause damage! Seek shelter if you’re in the warned areas! #SDwx

This line of showers and storms will have some embedded rotation within it. We already have one tornado warning within the line and may see more over the next couple of hours as these storms slowly move southeast.

The Canadian wildfire smoke will have a major impact on air quality today in the Dakotas and Minnesota.

This is the surface smoke forecast and as you can see there is a plume that will continue to move into eastern South Dakota and much of Minnesota.

Storms are firing up right along a stationary boundary (indicated by the blue line) which is leading to the focal point for storms to form. It’s also leading to storms to sit over the same area and create locally heavy amounts of rain.