⚠️ Heat Advisory – Northern Meade Co Plains; Ziebach; Rapid City; Southern Foothills; Custer Co Plains; Pennington Co Plains; Haakon; Western Fall River; Northern Oglala Lakota; Northern Jackson; Bennett; Sturgis/Piedmont Foothills; Southern Meade Co Plains; Hermosa Foothills; Eastern Fall River; Southern Oglala Lakota; Southern Jackson – Saturday, August 1, 2026

Event	Heat Advisory
Severity	Moderate
Urgency	Expected
Certainty	Likely
Area	Northern Meade Co Plains; Ziebach; Rapid City; Southern Foothills; Custer Co Plains; Pennington Co Plains; Haakon; Western Fall River; Northern Oglala Lakota; Northern Jackson; Bennett; Sturgis/Piedmont Foothills; Southern Meade Co Plains; Hermosa Foothills; Eastern Fall River; Southern Oglala Lakota; Southern Jackson
Effective	8/1/2026, 3:16:00 AM CDT
Expires	8/1/2026, 6:30:00 PM CDT

Heat Advisory issued August 1 at 2:16AM MDT until August 2 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

* WHAT…Heat index values up to 105 expected.

* WHERE…Portions of northwestern and southwestern South Dakota.

* WHEN…From 10 AM to 8 PM MDT Sunday.

* IMPACTS…Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat
illnesses.

Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of
the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.

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