| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Custer Co Plains; Northern Oglala Lakota |
| Effective | 8/10/2026, 7:01:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/10/2026, 7:30:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued August 10 at 6:01PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Details
At 601 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Red Shirt, or 31 miles southeast of Rapid City, 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…
Red Shirt, Red Shirt Table Overlook and southwestern Badlands
National Park.
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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