⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Central Black Hills; Southern Black Hills; Custer Co Plains; Hermosa Foothills – Saturday, September 5, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued September 5 at 11:54AM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 1154 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Wind Cave National Park, or 13 miles southeast of Custer, moving
northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 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…
Pringle, Fairburn, Buffalo Corrals, Custer State Park, State Game
Lodge, Wind Cave National Park, Blue Bell, Legion Lake, Mount
Coolidge, Center Lake, Black Hills Playhouse and Stockade Lake.

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.