⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Butte, SD; Harding, SD; Meade, SD; Perkins, SD; Ziebach, SD – Thursday, June 18, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 18 at 8:01PM MDT until June 18 at 8:45PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

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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…
Southern Perkins County in northwestern South Dakota…
Northeastern Meade County in west central South Dakota…
Northwestern Ziebach County in west central South Dakota…

* Until 845 PM MDT.

* At 801 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from
near Owen Lake to 9 miles south of Fairpoint, or along a line from
32 miles northwest of Faith to 38 miles northeast of Sturgis,
moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD…70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include…
Faith, Union Center, Bison, Plainview, Enning, Chance, Sorum,
Maurine, Opal, Date, Usta, Stoneville, Red Owl, Mud Butte,
Fairpoint, Zeona, Marcus, White Owl, Prairie City and Iron
Lightning.

Instructions

Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure
and stay away from windows. These storms are capable of producing
widespread damaging winds.

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