328  
WWUS83 KUNR 230034  
SPSUNR  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD  
634 PM MDT WED APR 22 2026  
 
SDZ043-046-077-230115-  
NORTHERN JACKSON SD-SOUTHERN JACKSON SD-MELLETTE SD-  
634 PM MDT WED APR 22 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MELLETTE AND  
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTIES THROUGH 715 PM MDT/815 PM CDT/...  
 
AT 634 PM MDT/734 PM CDT/, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES WEST OF BELVIDERE  
TO 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GEORGE TOWN TO EAGLE NEST BUTTE. MOVEMENT WAS  
NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH. DRY LIGHTNING.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
WANBLEE, LONG VALLEY, BELVIDERE, GEORGE TOWN, EAGLE NEST BUTTE, AND  
INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 73 AND WHITE RIVER.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 IN SOUTH DAKOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 159  
AND 174.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4340 10182 4380 10151 4394 10106 4386 10106  
4386 10103 4384 10102 4385 10099 4383 10097  
4344 10132  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0034Z 225DEG 44KT 4383 10132 4363 10147 4347 10165  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH  
 
 
 
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