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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Rapid City, SD
NWS Rapid City, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 20, 2025, 6:32 PM CDT for Todd County, South Dakota. It was in force for 17 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2025, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2025, 6:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 min
- Issued by
- NWS Rapid City, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 1.75 in
County Todd County, SD
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Lawrence, Pennington | 24 min |
| Jul 19, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Lawrence | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade, Pennington | 58 min |
| Jul 19, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 38 min |
| Jul 19, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade, Pennington | 35 min |
| Jul 19, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Pennington | 67 min |
| Jul 19, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Oglala Lakota, Pennington | 67 min |
| Jul 19, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Harding | 55 min |
| Jul 19, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Jackson, Oglala Lakota | 61 min |
| Jul 19, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Bennett, Jackson, Oglala Lakota | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 4:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Harding | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Custer | 23 min |
| Jul 20, 2:32 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | UNR | Mellette, Todd, Tripp | 29 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 18 min |
| Jul 20, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Custer | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Jackson, Mellette | 65 min |
| Jul 20, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Mellette, Todd | 58 min |
| Jul 19, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | UNR | Crook | 36 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.