NWS Rapid City SDSV.W 0344August 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Custer, Fall River and Oglala Lakota, SD
The National Weather Service office in Rapid City issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Custer, Fall River and Oglala Lakota in South Dakota, which was in force until 5:45 p.m. local time on August 29. It was the 344th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Rapid City issued in 2026. South Dakota had 213 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2026, against 127 in an average August of 2008-2025 (South Dakota's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Rapid City SD
- Area
- Custer, Fall River and Oglala Lakota
- State
- South Dakota
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:38 p.m. MDT, August 29, 2026
- Expires
- 5:45 p.m. MDT, August 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KUNR SV.W 0344
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota since 2008Every warning type in South Dakota
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The notice as issued
SVRUNR The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... South Central Custer County in southwestern South Dakota... Eastern Fall River County in southwestern South Dakota... Southwestern Oglala Lakota County in southwestern South Dakota... * Until 545 PM MDT. * At 438 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from near Cascade Falls to 44 miles south of Slim Butte, or along a line from 12 miles east of Edgemont to 49 miles southwest of Pine Ridge, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and small hail. SOURCE...Automated observations. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Pine Ridge, Oglala, Oral, Oelrichs, Smithwick, Prairie Winds Casino, Dry Wood Housing, Loneman, South Lakeside, Number 4, Calico, Hay Canyon Butte, Slim Butte, Intersection of Red Shirt and Cuny Table Roads, Slim Buttes Housing, Angostura Reservoir and southwestern Pine Ridge Reservation.
What the agency told people to do
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. These storms have produced damaging winds.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota since 2008629 a year
- Every warning type in South Dakota
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels