⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Bennett, SD; Butte, SD; Custer, SD; Fall River, SD; Haakon, SD; Harding, SD; Jackson, SD; Lawrence, SD; Meade, SD; Oglala Lakota, SD; Pennington, SD; Perkins, SD – Sunday, August 23, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 23 at 2:44PM MDT until August 23 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
618 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA

BUTTE HARDING PERKINS

IN SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA

BENNETT CUSTER FALL RIVER
JACKSON OGLALA LAKOTA

IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

HAAKON LAWRENCE MEADE
PENNINGTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLEN, BILLSBURG, BISON, BUFFALO,
CUSTER, DEADWOOD, DOWNTOWN BELLE FOURCHE, EDGEMONT, FAITH,
HERMOSA, HILL CITY, HOT SPRINGS, KADOKA, KIRLEY, KYLE,
LACREEK WILDLIFE REFUGE, LEAD, LEMMON, MARTIN, MILESVILLE,
OGLALA, PHILIP, PINE RIDGE, RAPID CITY, SPEARFISH, STURGIS,
TUTHILL, UNION CENTER, AND WALL.

THIS INCLUDES THE TRIBAL LANDS OF THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION.

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