NWS Rapid City SDSV.W 0348August 30, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Butte and Harding, SD
The National Weather Service office in Rapid City issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Butte and Harding in South Dakota, which was in force until 4:30 p.m. local time on August 30. It was the 348th 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 50 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
- Butte and Harding
- State
- South Dakota
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:40 p.m. MDT, August 30, 2026
- Expires
- 4:30 p.m. MDT, August 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KUNR SV.W 0348
- 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... Northern Butte County in northwestern South Dakota... Southeastern Harding County in northwestern South Dakota... * Until 430 PM MDT. * At 340 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from near Crow Buttes to 11 miles south of Antelope Butte, or along a line from 23 miles south of Buffalo to 13 miles north of Belle Fourche, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and small hail. SOURCE...Automated observations. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Hoover, Redig, Castle Rock, Haystack Buttes, Crow Buttes, Two Top Butte, Dears Ears Butte, East Short Pines, Sheep Buttes, Antelope Butte and Slim Buttes.
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