⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Custer, SD; Pennington, SD – Friday, July 3, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 3 at 4:26PM MDT until July 3 at 5:30PM 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…
North Central Custer County in southwestern South Dakota…
Southwestern Pennington County in west central South Dakota…

* Until 530 PM MDT.

* At 426 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Medicine
Mountain, or 8 miles west of Hill City, moving east at 25 mph.

HAZARD…Up to golf ball size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect damage
to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles.

* This severe thunderstorm will be near…
Medicine Mountain around 430 PM MDT.
Hill City around 445 PM MDT.
Palmer Gulch Resort, Black Elk Peak and Sylvan Lake around 450 PM
MDT.
Horse Thief Lake and Sheridan Lake around 455 PM MDT.
Mount Rushmore National Memorial and Keystone Wye around 500 PM
MDT.
Keystone, Black Hills Playhouse and Center Lake around 505 PM MDT.
Rockerville around 510 PM MDT.

Instructions

Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure
and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing
dangerous hail.

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