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WUUS53 KUNR 182135  
SVRUNR  
SDC033-103-182230-  
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD  
335 PM MDT MON AUG 18 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTH CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...  
SOUTH CENTRAL PENNINGTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...  
 
* UNTIL 430 PM MDT.  
 
* AT 334 PM MDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER BEAR COUNTRY,  
OR 6 MILES SOUTH OF RAPID CITY, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE STORM FOR HART RANCH AND BLACK GAP.  
 
HAZARD...BASEBALL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE SEVERELY INJURED.  
EXPECT SHATTERED WINDOWS, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ROOFS,  
SIDING, AND VEHICLES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
SOUTHERN RAPID CITY, HERMOSA, ROCKERVILLE, BEAR COUNTRY, HART  
RANCH, BLACK GAP, REPTILE GARDENS, AND THOMPSON BUTTE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE DESTRUCTIVE  
HAIL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD  
MOVE TO SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING, AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4398 10338 4406 10327 4392 10287 4376 10316  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 301DEG 14KT 4398 10329  
 
THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...DESTRUCTIVE  
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...2.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH  
 

 
 
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