NWS Rapid City SDSV.W 0011May 31, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Custer and Pennington, SD
The National Weather Service office in Rapid City issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Custer and Pennington in South Dakota, which was in force until 1:30 p.m. local time on May 31. It was the 11th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Rapid City issued in 2026. South Dakota had 44 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026, against 69 in an average May of 2008-2025 (South Dakota's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 32 minutes; 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 and Pennington
- State
- South Dakota
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 12:58 p.m. MDT, May 31, 2026
- Expires
- 1:30 p.m. MDT, May 31, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KUNR SV.W 0011
- 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... North central Custer County in southwestern South Dakota... Southwestern Pennington County in west central South Dakota... * Until 130 PM MDT. * At 1258 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 3 miles east of Hayward, or 13 miles south of Rapid City, moving east at 10 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Hermosa and Hayward.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. If you observe hail, wind damage, or flooding, please report your observations to the National Weather Service office in Rapid City via phone, email, or social media, as soon as it is safe to do so.
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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, May 20262,688 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels