⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Northern Jackson; Bennett; Mellette; Southern Oglala Lakota; Southern Jackson – Saturday, July 25, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 25 at 1:44PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 144 PM MDT /244 PM CDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a line of
strong thunderstorms extending from near Belvidere to near Porcupine
Butte Housing, or extending from 8 miles east of Kadoka to 15 miles
northeast of Pine Ridge, moving east at 20 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…
Kadoka, Porcupine, Wanblee, Allen, Long Valley, Batesland,
Belvidere, Hisle, George Town, Swett, Porcupine Butte Housing,
Eagle Nest Butte, Snake Butte, Yellow Bear Canyon, Intersection of
Highway 73 and White River and southeastern Pine Ridge Reservation.

This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 149
and 164.

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.