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

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Custer, SD; Pennington, SD
Effective 7/3/2026, 7:19:00 PM CDT
Expires 7/3/2026, 8:15:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 3 at 6:19PM MDT until July 3 at 7:15PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

SVRUNR

The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northeastern Custer County in southwestern South Dakota…
Southeastern Pennington County in west central South Dakota…

* Until 715 PM MDT.

* At 619 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northwest
of Scenic, or 33 miles southeast of Rapid City, moving east at 20
mph.

HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
Scenic and northern Badlands National Park.

Instructions

Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds and large
hail.


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