⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Harding; Northern Perkins; Butte; Northern Meade Co Plains; Southern Perkins – Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 29 at 5:22PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 522 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 6 miles northwest of Lodgepole to near
Hoover, or extending from 30 miles west of Lemmon to 40 miles south
of Buffalo, 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…
Lemmon, Bison, Reva, Meadow, Chance, Lodgepole, Sorum, White Butte,
Date, Prairie City, Zeona, Maurine, Mud Butte, Hoover, Shadehill,
Stoneville, Owen Lake, Sheep Buttes, Slim Buttes and Shadehill
Reservoir.

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.