| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Butte, SD; Haakon, SD; Harding, SD; Lawrence, SD; Meade, SD; Pennington, SD; Perkins, SD; Ziebach, SD; Crook, WY |
| Effective | 7/2/2026, 5:06:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/3/2026, 12:00:00 AM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 2 at 4:06PM MDT until July 2 at 11:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
441 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING
AREAS
IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA
BUTTE HARDING PERKINS
IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
HAAKON LAWRENCE MEADE
PENNINGTON ZIEBACH
IN WYOMING THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY
IN NORTHEAST WYOMING
CROOK
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BILLSBURG, BISON, BUFFALO, DEADWOOD,
DOWNTOWN BELLE FOURCHE, DUPREE, FAITH, HILL CITY, KIRLEY, LEAD,
LEMMON, MILESVILLE, MOORCROFT, PHILIP, RAPID CITY, SPEARFISH,
STURGIS, SUNDANCE, UNION CENTER, AND WALL.
THIS INCLUDES THE TRIBAL LANDS OF THE CHEYENNE RIVER RESERVATION.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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