⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Butte, SD; Custer, SD; Fall River, SD; Harding, SD; Lawrence, SD; Meade, SD; Pennington, SD; Campbell, WY; Crook, WY; Weston, WY – Friday, June 26, 2026

Event	Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Future
Certainty	Possible
Area	Butte, SD; Custer, SD; Fall River, SD; Harding, SD; Lawrence, SD; Meade, SD; Pennington, SD; Campbell, WY; Crook, WY; Weston, WY
Effective	6/26/2026, 5:29:00 PM CDT
Expires	6/27/2026, 1:00:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued June 26 at 4:29PM MDT until June 27 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
400 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA

BUTTE HARDING

IN SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA

CUSTER FALL RIVER

IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

LAWRENCE MEADE PENNINGTON

IN WYOMING THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST WYOMING

CAMPBELL CROOK WESTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BUCKHORN, BUFFALO, CLARETON, CUSTER,
DEADWOOD, DOWNTOWN BELLE FOURCHE, DOWNTOWN NEWCASTLE, EDGEMONT,
FAITH, FOUR CORNERS, GILLETTE, HERMOSA, HILL CITY, HOT SPRINGS,
LEAD, MOORCROFT, MORRISEY, RAPID CITY, ROCHELLE, SPEARFISH,
STURGIS, SUNDANCE, UNION CENTER, UPTON, WALL, AND WRIGHT.

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