SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 245 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES

IN NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA

BUTTE                 HARDING

IN SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA

CUSTER                FALL RIVER

IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA

LAWRENCE              PENNINGTON

IN WYOMING THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST WYOMING

CROOK                 WESTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BUCKHORN, BUFFALO, CLARETON, CUSTER,
DEADWOOD, DOWNTOWN BELLE FOURCHE, DOWNTOWN NEWCASTLE, EDGEMONT,
FOUR CORNERS, HERMOSA, HILL CITY, HOT SPRINGS, LEAD, MOORCROFT,
MORRISEY, RAPID CITY, ROCHELLE, SPEARFISH, SUNDANCE, UPTON,
AND WALL.

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BUTTE...NORTHWESTERN CUSTER...LAWRENCE AND
SOUTHWESTERN PENNINGTON COUNTIES...

At 609 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Crow Peak to 3 miles southwest of Brownsville to
2 miles east of Medicine Mountain, moving northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Lead, Deadwood, Central City, Brownsville, Roubaix Lake,
Spearfish, Galena, Saint Onge and Apple Springs.

This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 1
and 28.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

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HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH