221  
WUUS53 KUNR 182055  
SVRUNR  
SDC103-182200-  
/O.NEW.KUNR.SV.W.0358.250818T2055Z-250818T2200Z/  
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD  
255 PM MDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTH CENTRAL PENNINGTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...  
 
* UNTIL 400 PM MDT.  
 
* AT 254 PM MDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER PACTOLA  
RESERVOIR, OR 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF HILL CITY, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT  
15 MPH. HAIL OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS RECENTLY  
REPORTED AT WHISPERING PINES CAMPGROUND NEAR SILVER CITY.  
 
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR JOHNSON SIDING AND HISEGA.  
 
HAZARD...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS.  
 
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE SEVERELY INJURED.  
EXPECT SHATTERED WINDOWS, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ROOFS,  
SIDING, AND VEHICLES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
SOUTHWESTERN RAPID CITY, JOHNSON SIDING, KEYSTONE, HISEGA,  
ROCKERVILLE, PACTOLA RESERVOIR, MOUNT RUSHMORE NATIONAL MEMORIAL,  
SHERIDAN LAKE, BEAR COUNTRY, KEYSTONE WYE, HART RANCH, AND REPTILE  
GARDENS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY  
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4407 10357 4411 10350 4413 10339 4395 10318  
4385 10341 4386 10346  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2054Z 318DEG 13KT 4407 10348  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE  
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
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