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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Butte, SD; Meade, SD – Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Butte, SD; Meade, SD
Effective 7/1/2026, 9:34:00 PM CDT
Expires 7/1/2026, 10:00:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 1 at 8:34PM MDT until July 1 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

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The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
South Central Butte County in northwestern South Dakota…
West Central Meade County in west central South Dakota…

* Until 900 PM MDT.

* At 834 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Vale, or 11
miles northeast of Sturgis, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD…Half dollar size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Damage to vehicles is expected.

* Locations impacted include…
Mainly rural areas of South Central Butte and West Central Meade
Counties.

Instructions

Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. This storm is capable of producing large hail.


This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.