Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
797 WWUS83 KUNR 180614 SPSUNR Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Rapid City SD 1214 AM MDT Tue Jun 18 2024 SDZ014-030>032-042-043-073-180645- Ziebach SD-Northern Jackson SD-Custer Co Plains SD- Northern Oglala Lakota SD-Pennington Co Plains SD- Southern Meade Co Plains SD-Haakon SD- 1214 AM MDT Tue Jun 18 2024 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN HAAKON... SOUTHWESTERN ZIEBACH...SOUTHEASTERN MEADE...NORTHEASTERN CUSTER... NORTHWESTERN OGLALA LAKOTA...NORTHWESTERN JACKSON AND EASTERN PENNINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM MDT... At 1213 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles southwest of Bridger to 3 miles northeast of Wall to near Red Shirt. Movement was northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 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... Wall, Wasta, Scenic, Quinn, Owanka, Grindstone, Red Shirt, Creighton, Bridger, Wicksville, Delta 9 Missile Silo, Grindstone Butte, Pinnacles Ranger Station, and northwestern Badlands National Park. This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 91 and 120. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 AM MDT for southwestern and west central South Dakota. && LAT...LON 4465 10184 4409 10174 4382 10228 4358 10302 4395 10277 4450 10210 TIME...MOT...LOC 0613Z 236DEG 43KT 4447 10205 4403 10219 4366 10286 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH $$ Carstens