⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Rapid City; Custer Co Plains; Pennington Co Plains; Hermosa Foothills – Monday, August 24, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 24 at 4:57PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 457 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Hart Ranch, or 7 miles south of Rapid City, moving southeast at 30
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…
Southern Rapid City, Caputa, Farmingdale, Thompson Butte, Black
Gap, Hart Ranch, Reptile Gardens and Bear Country.

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.