Hazardous Weather Outlook

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
851 PM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026

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851 PM CDT Thu Oct 29 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Iowa, west central
Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, central South
Dakota, east central South Dakota, south central South Dakota and
southeast South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

Patchy valley fog is possible tonight, mainly east of I-29.
Visibility may briefly fall to less than 2 miles at times. Fog
should burn off by mid- morning Friday.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Scattered rain and isolated thunderstorms are expected to move into
region Friday afternoon. These will continue overnight and taper off
Saturday afternoon. Rain totals are expected to be light, a few
hundredths to a quarter of an inch. Highest totals expected over
northwest Iowa.

Additional chances for accumulating showers the first half of next
week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

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NWS Sioux Falls will discontinue the Hazardous Weather Outlook
product (HWO) on November 8, 2026. Weather hazards and outlooks
will continue to be provided through other standard NWS products,
including weather briefing packets, forecast discussions, weather
story graphics, the graphical hazardous weather outlook, and updated
hazard messaging. All local products and visual tools are accessible
directly at: weather.gov/siouxfalls.

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