819  
WUUS53 KUNR 170446  
SVRUNR  
SDC019-063-105-170545-  
/O.NEW.KUNR.SV.W.0343.250817T0446Z-250817T0545Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD  
1046 PM MDT SAT AUG 16 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN HARDING COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...  
BUTTE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...  
SOUTHWESTERN PERKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...  
 
* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT.  
 
* AT 1046 PM MDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF SHEEP BUTTES TO 2 MILES NORTHWEST  
OF FRUITDALE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
BELLE FOURCHE, NEWELL, NISLAND, VALE, FRUITDALE, CASTLE ROCK,  
ZEONA, HOOVER, REDIG, ARPAN, OWL BUTTE, SHEEP BUTTES, NEWELL LAKE,  
HAYSTACK BUTTES, DEARS EARS BUTTE, BELLE FOURCHE RESERVOIR, TWO TOP  
BUTTE, CROW BUTTES, AND SOUTHERN SLIM BUTTES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4504 10291 4503 10296 4496 10295 4460 10316  
4460 10357 4464 10392 4538 10356 4540 10270  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0446Z 233DEG 18KT 4529 10329 4469 10374  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
CALDERON  
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