| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Meade, SD; Pennington, SD |
| Effective | 7/1/2026, 7:03:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/1/2026, 7:45:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 1 at 6:03PM MDT until July 1 at 6:45PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Details
SVRUNR
The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
South Central Meade County in west central South Dakota…
Central Pennington County in west central South Dakota…
* Until 645 PM MDT.
* At 603 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ellsworth Air
Force Base, or 7 miles northeast of Rapid City, moving east at 20
mph.
HAZARD…Quarter size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Damage to vehicles is expected.
* Locations impacted include…
Ellsworth Air Force Base and Box Elder.
Instructions
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. This storm is capable of producing hail.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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