| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Rapid City; Central Black Hills; Sturgis/Piedmont Foothills |
| Effective | 7/1/2026, 6:38:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/1/2026, 7:15:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued July 1 at 5:38PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Details
At 538 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Black Hawk, or 7 miles northwest of Rapid City, moving east at 10
mph.
HAZARD…Penny size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.
Locations impacted include…
Black Hawk and Summerset.
This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 50
and 56.
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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