⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Southern Foothills; Northern Oglala Lakota; Bennett; Eastern Fall River; Southern Oglala Lakota; Southern Jackson – Thursday, July 2, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 2 at 6:32AM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 632 AM MDT, Doppler radar and weather stations were tracking gusty
thunderstorm outflow winds from 9 miles south of Angostura Reservoir
to 11 miles south of Sunrise Housing, or extending from 18 miles
south of Hot Springs to 11 miles south of Martin, moving north at 20
MPH.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 40 to 50 MPH.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
Pine Ridge, Martin, Oglala, Porcupine, Kyle, Potato Creek,
Manderson, Allen, Wounded Knee, Oelrichs, Batesland, Tuthill,
Smithwick, Evergreen, Porcupine Butte Housing, Goose Neck Housing,
Sharps Corner, Thunder Valley, Lonesome Valley and Wolf Creek
Housing.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Secure loose
outdoor objects.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.