⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Northern Black Hills; Sturgis/Piedmont Foothills – Sunday, August 16, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 16 at 4:12PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 412 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Brownsville, or 8 miles southeast of Lead, moving southeast at 20
mph.

HAZARD…Half inch size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include…
Nemo, Piedmont, Brownsville, Galena, Roubaix Lake and Dalton Lake.

This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 43
and 46.

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.