461  
WWUS53 KUNR 182120  
SVSUNR  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD  
320 PM MDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
SDC103-182200-  
/O.CON.KUNR.SV.W.0358.000000T0000Z-250818T2200Z/  
PENNINGTON SD-  
320 PM MDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT  
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL PENNINGTON COUNTY...  
 
AT 318 PM MDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HISEGA, OR 7  
MILES SOUTHWEST OF RAPID CITY, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL OF  
TENNIS BALL TO AT LEAST BASEBALL SIZE WAS OBSERVED FROM PACTOLA  
RESERVOIR TO HISEGA.  
 
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR ROCKERVILLE, COLONIAL PINE HILLS,  
BEAR COUNTRY, AND FAR 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, KEYSTONE, HISEGA, ROCKERVILLE, BEAR COUNTRY,  
HART RANCH, REPTILE GARDENS, AND SHERIDAN LAKE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY  
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4399 10346 4405 10343 4408 10332 4395 10318  
4385 10341 4385 10342  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2118Z 318DEG 13KT 4402 10337  
 
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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