| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| Area | Bennett, SD; Butte, SD; Custer, SD; Fall River, SD; Haakon, SD; Harding, SD; Jackson, SD; Lawrence, SD; Meade, SD; Oglala Lakota, SD; Pennington, SD; Perkins, SD |
| Effective | 8/23/2026, 3:44:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/23/2026, 9:00:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 23 at 2:44PM MDT until August 23 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Details
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
618 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA
BUTTE HARDING PERKINS
IN SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA
BENNETT CUSTER FALL RIVER
JACKSON OGLALA LAKOTA
IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
HAAKON LAWRENCE MEADE
PENNINGTON
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLEN, BILLSBURG, BISON, BUFFALO,
CUSTER, DEADWOOD, DOWNTOWN BELLE FOURCHE, EDGEMONT, FAITH,
HERMOSA, HILL CITY, HOT SPRINGS, KADOKA, KIRLEY, KYLE,
LACREEK WILDLIFE REFUGE, LEAD, LEMMON, MARTIN, MILESVILLE,
OGLALA, PHILIP, PINE RIDGE, RAPID CITY, SPEARFISH, STURGIS,
TUTHILL, UNION CENTER, AND WALL.
THIS INCLUDES THE TRIBAL LANDS OF THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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