⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Harding; Butte; Western Crook; Northeastern Crook – Thursday, June 18, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued June 18 at 6:15PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 615 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of showers extending
from near Ludlow to 8 miles west of Colony, or extending from 22
miles north of Buffalo to 28 miles northwest of Belle Fourche, moving
southeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include…
Belle Fourche, Buffalo, Harding, Ludlow, Colony, Ralph, Camp Crook,
Redig, Gustave, Ladner, East Short Pines, Crow Buttes, Lake
Gardner, West Short Pines, Haystack Buttes, Antelope Butte, Two Top
Butte, South Cave Hills, North Cave Hills and Slim Buttes.

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.