⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Southern Foothills; Central Black Hills; Southern Black Hills; Custer Co Plains; Hermosa Foothills – Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 28 at 7:12PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 712 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
State Game Lodge, or 14 miles east of Custer, moving southeast at 25
MPH.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 MPH and half inch 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…
Buffalo Gap, Fairburn, Buffalo Corrals, State Game Lodge, Custer
State Park, northeastern Wind Cave National Park, Black Hills
Playhouse, Center Lake, Legion Lake, Blue Bell, Mount Coolidge and
Stockade Lake.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

If you observe hail, wind damage, or flooding, please report your
observations to the National Weather Service office in Rapid City via
phone, email, or social media, as soon as it is safe to do so.

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