South Dakota, , Wyoming Severe Severe Thunderstorm Watch | Effective 08/12/2026 12:06

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 12 at 1:06PM MDT until August 12 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
August 12, 2026 - 12:06pm
Expires: 
August 12, 2026 - 7:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 576 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 13 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 ZIEBACH IN WYOMING THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST WYOMING CROOK WESTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLEN, BILLSBURG, BISON, BUCKHORN, BUFFALO, CLARETON, CUSTER, DEADWOOD, DOWNTOWN BELLE FOURCHE, DOWNTOWN NEWCASTLE, DUPREE, EDGEMONT, FAITH, FOUR CORNERS, HERMOSA, HILL CITY, HOT SPRINGS, KADOKA, KIRLEY, KYLE, LACREEK WILDLIFE REFUGE, LEAD, LEMMON, MARTIN, MILESVILLE, MOORCROFT, MORRISEY, OGLALA, PHILIP, PINE RIDGE, RAPID CITY, ROCHELLE, SPEARFISH, STURGIS, SUNDANCE, TUTHILL, UNION CENTER, UPTON, AND WALL. THIS INCLUDES THE TRIBAL LANDS OF THE CHEYENNE RIVER RESERVATION AND THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION.
Area Description: 
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; Ziebach, SD; Crook, WY; Weston, WY
Forcast Office: 
NWS Rapid City SD
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov