| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Haakon; Northern Jackson; Bennett; Mellette; Todd; Tripp; Southern Oglala Lakota; Southern Jackson |
| Effective | 8/30/2026, 7:54:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/30/2026, 9:00:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued August 30 at 6:54PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Details
At 654 PM MDT /754 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking strong outflow
winds extending from 23 miles southeast of Intersection of Highway 63
and BIA Road 8 to over Manderson, or extending from 43 miles
southeast of Dupree to 17 miles north of Pine Ridge, moving southeast
at 45 mph.
HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include…
Mission, Martin, White River, Rosebud, Porcupine, Saint Francis,
Manderson, Parmelee, Allen, Wounded Knee, Okreek, Spring Creek,
Long Valley, Norris, Midland, Batesland, Tuthill, Wood, Belvidere
and Cedar Butte.
This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 161
and 174.
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.
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