Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
515 WWUS83 KUNR 300051 SPSUNR Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Rapid City SD 651 PM MDT Wed May 29 2024 SDZ031-032-042>044-076-077-300145- Northern Jackson SD-Southern Oglala Lakota SD- Northern Oglala Lakota SD-Pennington Co Plains SD-Bennett SD- Haakon SD-Southern Jackson SD- 651 PM MDT Wed May 29 2024 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN HAAKON...EASTERN OGLALA LAKOTA...WESTERN JACKSON...NORTHWESTERN BENNETT AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM MDT... At 650 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles northeast of Scenic to 5 miles north of Kyle North Route Housing to 5 miles southeast of Porcupine Butte Housing. Movement was northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Pine Ridge, Porcupine, Kyle, Wall, Potato Creek, Manderson, Allen, Wounded Knee, Batesland, Interior, Scenic, Quinn, Goose Neck Housing, Hisle, Cactus Flat, Cedar Pass, Rockyford, Sharps Corner, Kyle North Route Housing, and Grindstone. This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 106 and 137. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for southwestern and west central South Dakota. && LAT...LON 4423 10202 4374 10172 4319 10173 4301 10254 4344 10251 4387 10258 TIME...MOT...LOC 0050Z 239DEG 25KT 4388 10247 4352 10225 4312 10225 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ Helgeson