< Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Severe | Effective 06/02/2026 19:30

Severe Thunderstorm Warning - Severe | Effective 06/02/2026 19:30

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 2 at 8:30PM MDT until June 2 at 9:15PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
June 2, 2026 - 7:30pm
Expires: 
June 2, 2026 - 8:15pm
Description: 
SVRUNR The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Oglala Lakota County in southwestern South Dakota... * Until 915 PM MDT. * At 828 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Pine Ridge, moving east at 30 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Pine Ridge, Porcupine, Wounded Knee, Batesland, Number 4, Wakpamni, Calico, Wolf Creek Housing, Porcupine Butte Housing, and southern Pine Ridge Reservation. This includes portions of Highway 18 and Highway 407.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Large hail, damaging wind, and excessive cloud to ground lightning are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. If you observe hail, wind damage, or flooding, please report your observations to the National Weather Service office in Rapid City via phone, email, or social media, as soon as it is safe to do so.
Area Description: 
Oglala Lakota, SD
Forcast Office: 
NWS Rapid City SD