⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Butte, SD; Meade, SD; Pennington, SD – Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 29 at 6:06PM MDT until July 29 at 7:00PM 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…
Southeastern Butte County in northwestern South Dakota…
Western Meade County in west central South Dakota…
Central Pennington County in west central South Dakota…

* Until 700 PM MDT.

* At 606 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from
near Dears Ears Butte to over Hisega, or along a line from 36 miles
northeast of Belle Fourche to 9 miles west of Rapid City, moving
east at 15 mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and small hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
Rapid City, Rapid Valley, Ellsworth Air Force Base, Box Elder,
Summerset, Black Hawk, Johnson Siding, Piedmont, Vale, Hisega,
Tilford, Owl Butte, Bear Butte State Park, Newell Lake, Dears Ears
Butte, Pactola Reservoir, Reptile Gardens and Black Gap.

This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 36
and 65.

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.