⚠️ 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; Ziebach, SD; Crook, WY; Weston, WY – Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 12 at 1:06PM MDT until August 12 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

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

IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 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 ZIEBACH

IN WYOMING THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST WYOMING

CROOK WESTON

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

THIS INCLUDES THE TRIBAL LANDS OF THE CHEYENNE RIVER RESERVATION
AND THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION.

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