⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Southern Foothills; Custer Co Plains; Northern Oglala Lakota; Hermosa Foothills; Eastern Fall River; Southern Oglala Lakota – Monday, June 22, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued June 22 at 9:27PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 927 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Buffalo Gap, or 13 miles east of Hot Springs, moving southeast at 60
mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny 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, Maverick Junction, Oral, Smithwick, Red Shirt Table
Overlook, southwestern Pine Ridge Reservation, Intersection of Red
Shirt and Cuny Table Roads, Prairie Winds Casino, Dry Wood Housing
and Loneman.

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.