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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Rapid City, SD

August 10, 2026Meade County, Ziebach County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this tornado warning at Aug 10, 2026, 9:27 PM MDT for Meade County, Ziebach County, South Dakota. It was in force for 33 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: Aug 10, 2026, 9:27 PM MDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2026, 10:00 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Rapid City, SD
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Observed
Hail: 2.75 in

Counties Meade County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 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
Aug 10, 6:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The office that day

Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	UNR	Oglala Lakota	29 min
Aug 10, 6:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	UNR	Harding, Perkins	63 min
Aug 10, 7:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	UNR	Perkins	65 min
Aug 10, 8:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	UNR	Perkins	49 min
Aug 10, 8:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	UNR	Meade, Perkins, Ziebach	54 min
Aug 10, 8:57 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Meade, Ziebach	33 min
Aug 10, 9:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	UNR	Haakon, Meade, Ziebach	55 min
Aug 10, 10:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	UNR	Haakon	53 min
Aug 10, 11:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	UNR	Haakon, Jackson, Mellette	39 min
Aug 11, 2:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	UNR	Lawrence, Meade, Pennington	42 min
Aug 11, 2:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	UNR	Lawrence, Meade, Pennington	38 min
Aug 11, 3:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	UNR	Custer, Pennington	60 min
Aug 11, 4:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	UNR	Custer, Pennington	56 min
Aug 11, 4:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	UNR	Harding	59 min
Aug 11, 4:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	UNR	Custer, Fall River, Oglala Lakota	38 min
Aug 11, 5:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Pennington	18 min
Aug 11, 5:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	UNR	Butte, Harding	56 min
Aug 11, 5:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	UNR	Oglala Lakota	61 min
Aug 11, 5:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	UNR	Harding	16 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.