| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Butte, SD; Harding, SD; Lawrence, SD; Meade, SD; Perkins, SD; Crook, WY |
| Effective | 8/30/2026, 2:32:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/30/2026, 10:00:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 30 at 1:32PM MDT until August 30 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
636 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA
BUTTE HARDING PERKINS
IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
LAWRENCE MEADE
IN WYOMING THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY
IN NORTHEAST WYOMING
CROOK
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BISON, BUFFALO, DEADWOOD,
DOWNTOWN BELLE FOURCHE, FAITH, LEAD, LEMMON, MOORCROFT,
SPEARFISH, STURGIS, SUNDANCE, AND UNION CENTER.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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