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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 10:38 PM Jul. 3, 2026 – National Weather Service
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CUSTER AND SOUTHWESTERN PENNINGTON COUNTIES... At 438 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hill City, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. This severe thunderstorm will be near... Hill City and Medicine Mountain around 440 PM MDT. Palmer Gulch Resort, Black Elk Peak, Sylvan Lake and Sheridan Lake around 445 PM MDT. Horse Thief Lake around 450 PM MDT. Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Keystone and Keystone Wye around 455 PM MDT. Black Hills Playhouse, Center Lake and Rockerville around 500 PM MDT. Hayward, State Game Lodge and Bear Country around 505 PM MDT. Custer State Park around 510 PM MDT. Hart Ranch around 515 PM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing large hail. && HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 8:30 PM Jul. 3, 2026 – National Weather Service
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 446 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/ THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA MELLETTE TODD TRIPP 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, CLEARFIELD, CUSTER, DEADWOOD, EDGEMONT, FAITH, HERMOSA, HILL CITY, HOT SPRINGS, IDEAL, KADOKA, KIRLEY, KYLE, LACREEK WILDLIFE REFUGE, LEAD, MARTIN, MILESVILLE, MISSION, OGLALA, PHILIP, PINE RIDGE, RAPID CITY, ROSEBUD, SAINT FRANCIS, SPEARFISH, STURGIS, TUTHILL, UNION CENTER, WALL, WHITE RIVER, WINNER, AND WOOD. THIS INCLUDES THE TRIBAL LANDS OF THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION AND THE ROSEBUD RESERVATION.
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