⚠️ Heat Advisory – Harding; Northern Perkins; Butte; Northern Meade Co Plains; Ziebach; Northern Foothills; Rapid City; Southern Foothills; Custer Co Plains; Pennington Co Plains; Haakon; Western Fall River; Northern Oglala Lakota; Northern Jackson; Bennett; Mellette; Todd; Tripp; Sturgis/Piedmont Foothills; Southern Meade Co Plains; Hermosa Foothills; Eastern Fall River; Southern Oglala Lakota; Southern Jackson; Southern Perkins; Northeastern Crook – Friday, July 24, 2026

Event	Heat Advisory
Severity	Moderate
Urgency	Expected
Certainty	Likely
Area	Harding; Northern Perkins; Butte; Northern Meade Co Plains; Ziebach; Northern Foothills; Rapid City; Southern Foothills; Custer Co Plains; Pennington Co Plains; Haakon; Western Fall River; Northern Oglala Lakota; Northern Jackson; Bennett; Mellette; Todd; Tripp; Sturgis/Piedmont Foothills; Southern Meade Co Plains; Hermosa Foothills; Eastern Fall River; Southern Oglala Lakota; Southern Jackson; Southern Perkins; Northeastern Crook
Effective	7/24/2026, 10:34:00 AM CDT
Expires	7/25/2026, 1:45:00 AM CDT

Heat Advisory issued July 24 at 9:34AM MDT until July 26 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

* WHAT…Heat index values up to 105 expected.

* WHERE…Portions of northwestern, south central, and southwestern
South Dakota and northeast Wyoming.

* WHEN…From noon MDT /1 PM CDT/ Saturday to 8 PM MDT /9 PM CDT/
Sunday.

* IMPACTS…Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses.

Instructions

Take extra precautions when outside. Wear lightweight and loose
fitting clothing. Try to limit strenuous activities to early morning
or evening. Take action when you see symptoms of heat exhaustion and
heat stroke.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.