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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 24 at 6:58PM MDT until August 24 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
This is a severe-significance severe thunderstorm warning event affecting Bennett, SD; Jackson, SD; Mellette, SD; Todd, SD, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 518,816 acres
- Began
- To end
Hazard details
- Max wind gust
- 60 MPH
- Max hail size
- 2.00″
- Storm damage threat
- CONSIDERABLE
Damage signals as reported by NOAA / National Weather Service — verbatim, not an estimate.
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Bennett, SD; Jackson, SD; Mellette, SD; Todd, SD), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
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Bennett, SD; Jackson, SD; Mellette, SD; Todd, SD · ≈ 810 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Storm report NWS LBF storm report
HAIL (1 Inch) — 8 S Merriman, NE
lots of peas and sparse quarters.
- Storm report NWS UNR storm report
TSTM WND GST (54 mph) — 4 ENE Martin, SD
- Storm report NWS UNR storm report
HAIL (1 inch) — Martin, SD
Nickel to quarter size near the southern edge of the storm core. Hail still falling as of 643 PM MDT. Reported via social media.
- Storm report NWS LBF storm report
HAIL (1.25 Inch) — 3 S Merriman, NE
Quarters to hail dollar sized along with 50 - 60 mph winds.
Show 3 earlier updates
- NWS LBF storm report Storm report
- NWS Rapid City SD Bulletin
- Forth.News News
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Denver Suburbs Amid 60‑mph Gusts and Hail
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.