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Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Status

New Event Expired

Start Time

Tue 08/11/2026 06:56 PM EDT

End Time

Tue 08/11/2026 08:00 PM EDT

Significance

Warning

Storm Location

5 mi S of Fairburn, SD

Storm Motion

Moving SE at 20 mph

Impacts

High impact

Thunderstorm damage threatconsiderable
Hail threatradar indicated
Max hail size2.50 in
Wind threatradar indicated
Max wind gust60 mph

Locations Affected

Fairburn, SD

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Rapid City SD 456 PM MDT Tue Aug 11 2026 The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Custer County in southwestern South Dakota... Northeastern Fall River County in southwestern South Dakota... Northwestern Oglala Lakota County in southwestern South Dakota... * Until 600 PM MDT. * At 456 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles south of Fairburn, or 18 miles northeast of Hot Springs, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Tennis ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Fairburn, Red Shirt Table Overlook, Intersection of Red Shirt and Cuny Table Roads and southwestern Badlands National Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. This storm is capable of producing dangerous hail and damaging winds. This storm has a history or producing large damaging hail. && LAT...LON 4359 10332 4366 10329 4371 10323 4356 10273 4332 10298 TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 306DEG 17KT 4361 10321 THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...2.50 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH