August 11, 2026

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Bennett, SD; Butte, SD; Custer, SD; Fall River, SD; Haakon, SD; Jackson, SD; Lawrence, SD; Meade, SD; Oglala Lakota, SD; Pennington, SD; Ziebach, SD – Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity Severe
Urgency Future
Certainty Possible
Area Bennett, SD; Butte, SD; Custer, SD; Fall River, SD; Haakon, SD; Jackson, SD; Lawrence, SD; Meade, SD; Oglala Lakota, SD; Pennington, SD; Ziebach, SD
Effective 8/11/2026, 2:43:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/11/2026, 9:00:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 11 at 1:43PM MDT until August 11 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
569 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 11 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA

BUTTE

IN SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA

BENNETT CUSTER FALL RIVER
JACKSON OGLALA LAKOTA

IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

HAAKON LAWRENCE MEADE
PENNINGTON ZIEBACH

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLEN, BILLSBURG, CUSTER, DEADWOOD,
DOWNTOWN BELLE FOURCHE, DUPREE, EDGEMONT, FAITH, HERMOSA,
HILL CITY, HOT SPRINGS, KADOKA, KIRLEY, KYLE,
LACREEK WILDLIFE REFUGE, LEAD, MARTIN, MILESVILLE, OGLALA,
PHILIP, PINE RIDGE, RAPID CITY, SPEARFISH, STURGIS, TUTHILL,
UNION CENTER, AND WALL.

THIS INCLUDES THE TRIBAL LANDS OF THE CHEYENNE RIVER RESERVATION
AND THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION.


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