079  
WWUS53 KUNR 182110  
SVSUNR  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD  
310 PM MDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
SDC103-182200-  
/O.CON.KUNR.SV.W.0358.000000T0000Z-250818T2200Z/  
PENNINGTON SD-  
310 PM MDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT  
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PENNINGTON COUNTY...  
 
AT 308 PM MDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HISEGA, OR 9  
MILES WEST OF RAPID CITY, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. GOLF BALL TO  
BASEBALL SIZED HAIL WAS RECENTLY REPORTED IN HISEGA, JOHNSON SIDING,  
AND NEAR PACTOLA RESERVOIR.  
 
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR ROCKERVILLE AND SOUTHWESTERN RAPID  
CITY.  
 
HAZARD...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...PUBLIC.  
 
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, 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 4403 10352 4408 10347 4410 10335 4395 10318  
4385 10341 4386 10346  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 318DEG 12KT 4404 10343  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE  
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH  
 

 
 
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