⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Northern Black Hills; Central Black Hills; Southern Black Hills; Hermosa Foothills – Friday, July 31, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 31 at 3:56PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 356 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Stockade Lake, or over Custer, moving southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 30 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…
Custer, Hill City, Pringle, Sylvan Lake, Crazy Horse Memorial,
Black Elk Peak, Palmer Gulch Resort, Stockade Lake, Horse Thief
Lake, Medicine Mountain, Mount Coolidge, Mount Rushmore National
Memorial, Legion Lake, Bear Mountain Lookout, Blue Bell, Center
Lake, Black Hills Playhouse, Custer State Park, State Game Lodge
and Deerfield 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.