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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Custer, SD; Fall River, SD; Oglala Lakota, SD – Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Custer, SD; Fall River, SD; Oglala Lakota, SD
Effective 7/28/2026, 8:31:00 PM CDT
Expires 7/28/2026, 9:15:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 28 at 7:31PM MDT until July 28 at 8:15PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

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The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Central Custer County in southwestern South Dakota…
Northern Fall River County in southwestern South Dakota…
Northwestern Oglala Lakota County in southwestern South Dakota…

* Until 815 PM MDT.

* At 731 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Fairburn, or
18 miles east of Custer, moving southeast at 25 MPH.

HAZARD…60 MPH wind gusts and small hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include…
Oral, Buffalo Gap, Fairburn, Buffalo Corrals, northeastern Wind
Cave National Park, State Game Lodge, Custer State Park, Blue Bell,
Legion Lake, Mount Coolidge and Red Shirt Table Overlook.

Instructions

Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds.

If you observe hail, wind damage, or flooding, please report your
observations to the National Weather Service office in Rapid City via
phone, email, or social media, as soon as it is safe to do so.


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