| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Butte, SD; Custer, SD; Lawrence, SD; Meade, SD; Pennington, SD |
| Effective | 6/26/2026, 9:13:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 6/26/2026, 10:00:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 26 at 8:13PM MDT until June 26 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Details
SVRUNR
The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southeastern Butte County in northwestern South Dakota…
Northeastern Custer County in southwestern South Dakota…
Southeastern Lawrence County in west central South Dakota…
Southwestern Meade County in west central South Dakota…
Southwestern Pennington County in west central South Dakota…
* Until 900 PM MDT.
* At 813 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from
10 miles east of Owl Butte to near Hermosa, or along a line from 30
miles northeast of Sturgis to 21 miles south of Rapid City, moving
east at 30 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, Hill City, Rapid Valley, Ellsworth Air Force Base, Box
Elder, Black Hawk, Summerset, New Underwood, Johnson Siding,
Newell, Nemo, Hermosa, Union Center, Keystone, Piedmont, Vale,
Hisega, Elm Springs, Hereford and Caputa.
This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 39
and 91.
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.
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