| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Butte, SD; Harding, SD; Meade, SD; Perkins, SD; Ziebach, SD |
| Effective | 8/16/2026, 6:33:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/16/2026, 7:30:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 16 at 5:33PM MDT until August 16 at 6:30PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Details
SVRUNR
The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northeastern Butte County in northwestern South Dakota…
Southeastern Harding County in northwestern South Dakota…
Perkins County in northwestern South Dakota…
North Central Meade County in west central South Dakota…
Northwestern Ziebach County in west central South Dakota…
* Until 630 PM MDT.
* At 533 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from
11 miles north of Bison to near Zeona, or along a line from 23
miles southwest of Lemmon to 40 miles southeast of Buffalo, moving
east at 30 mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and small hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include…
Bison, Meadow, Chance, Date, Usta, Maurine, Zeona, Glad Valley,
Owen Lake, Arrow Head Buttes and Shadehill Reservoir.
Instructions
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. These storms are capable of producing damaging winds.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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