455  
WWUS53 KUNR 182018  
SVSUNR  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD  
218 PM MDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
SDC081-093-103-182100-  
/O.CON.KUNR.SV.W.0357.000000T0000Z-250818T2100Z/  
MEADE SD-LAWRENCE SD-PENNINGTON SD-  
218 PM MDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT  
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MEADE...SOUTHEASTERN LAWRENCE AND WEST CENTRAL  
PENNINGTON COUNTIES...  
 
AT 217 PM MDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NEMO, OR 15  
MILES SOUTHEAST OF LEAD, MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXPECT WIND  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
BLACK HAWK, JOHNSON SIDING, NEMO, SILVER CITY, HISEGA, PACTOLA  
RESERVOIR, DALTON LAKE, AND SHERIDAN LAKE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE QUANTITIES OF HAIL. DRIVING THROUGH  
DEEP HAIL IS LIKE DRIVING ON SLUSHY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND DO NOT BRAKE  
SUDDENLY.  
 
IF ON OR NEAR PACTOLA RESERVOIR, GET AWAY FROM THE WATER AND MOVE  
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER, LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO  
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER, YOU  
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER  
NOW! DO NOT BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4419 10367 4425 10364 4430 10351 4412 10328  
4392 10354  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2017Z 339DEG 13KT 4418 10356  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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