Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 11 at 6:02PM MDT until August 11 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
August 11, 2026 - 5:02pm
Expires:
August 11, 2026 - 6:00pm
Description:
SVRUNR
The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Eastern Butte County in northwestern South Dakota...
South Central Harding County in northwestern South Dakota...
Southwestern Perkins County in northwestern South Dakota...
North Central Meade County in west central South Dakota...
* Until 700 PM MDT.
* At 602 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast
of Crow Buttes, or 29 miles south of Buffalo, moving southeast at
30 mph.
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR HAYSTACK BUTTES, HOOVER, CASTLE
ROCK.
HAZARD...Baseball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be severely injured.
Expect shattered windows, extensive damage to roofs,
siding, and vehicles.
* Locations impacted include...
Newell, Hoover, Castle Rock, Redig, Mud Butte, Dears Ears Butte,
Haystack Buttes, Newell Lake and Crow Buttes.
Instruction:
Seek shelter now inside an interior room on the lowest floor of a
well-built structure. This storm is capable of producing destructive
hail and damaging winds.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.
Area Description:
Butte, SD; Harding, SD; Meade, SD; Perkins, SD
Forcast Office:
NWS Rapid City SD
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov