⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Butte; Northern Meade Co Plains; Northern Black Hills; Northern Foothills; Rapid City; Southern Foothills; Central Black Hills; Southern Black Hills; Custer Co Plains; Pennington Co Plains; Western Fall River; Sturgis/Piedmont Foothills; Southern Meade Co Plains; Hermosa Foothills; Eastern Fall River; Newcastle – Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 29 at 5:37PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 537 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 6 miles north of Dears Ears Butte to 25
miles southwest of Provo, or extending from 39 miles southeast of
Buffalo to 29 miles southwest of Edgemont, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.

Locations impacted include…
Rapid City, southeastern Spearfish, Sturgis, Hot Springs, Lead,
Custer, Hill City, Edgemont, Rapid Valley, Ellsworth Air Force
Base, Box Elder, Dewey, Black Hawk, Summerset, Deadwood, Whitewood,
Johnson Siding, Newell, Nemo and Hermosa.

This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 15
and 67.

Instructions

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

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