⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Meade, SD; Perkins, SD; Ziebach, SD – Monday, August 17, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 2:54PM MDT until August 17 at 4:00PM 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 Perkins County in northwestern South Dakota…
Northeastern Meade County in west central South Dakota…
Central Ziebach County in west central South Dakota…

* Until 400 PM MDT.

* At 254 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southwest
of Iron Lightning, or 9 miles northeast of Faith, moving southeast
at 35 mph.

HAZARD…Golf ball size hail and 70 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE…Automated observations.

IMPACT…People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include…
Dupree, Red Elm, Iron Lightning, South Eagle Butte, Intersection of
Cherry Creek and Sunnybrook Roads, Arrow Head Buttes and western
Cheyenne River Reservation.

Instructions

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

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