| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Bennett, SD; Custer, SD; Fall River, SD; Haakon, SD; Jackson, SD; Meade, SD; Mellette, SD; Oglala Lakota, SD; Pennington, SD; Todd, SD; Tripp, SD; Ziebach, SD |
| Effective | 8/17/2026, 4:03:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/17/2026, 11:00:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 17 at 3:03PM MDT until August 17 at 10:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
591 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT /11 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE
FOLLOWING AREAS
IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES
IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
MELLETTE TODD TRIPP
IN SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA
BENNETT CUSTER FALL RIVER
JACKSON OGLALA LAKOTA
IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
HAAKON MEADE PENNINGTON
ZIEBACH
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLEN, BILLSBURG, CLEARFIELD, CUSTER,
DUPREE, EDGEMONT, FAITH, HERMOSA, HILL CITY, HOT SPRINGS, IDEAL,
KADOKA, KIRLEY, KYLE, LACREEK WILDLIFE REFUGE, MARTIN,
MILESVILLE, MISSION, OGLALA, PHILIP, PINE RIDGE, RAPID CITY,
ROSEBUD, SAINT FRANCIS, STURGIS, TUTHILL, UNION CENTER, WALL,
WHITE RIVER, WINNER, AND WOOD.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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