| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Northern Meade Co Plains; Ziebach; Rapid City; Custer Co Plains; Pennington Co Plains; Haakon; Northern Oglala Lakota; Southern Meade Co Plains; Hermosa Foothills |
| Effective | 8/30/2026, 6:10:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/30/2026, 6:45:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued August 30 at 5:10PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Details
At 510 PM MDT, Strong outflow winds extending from over White Owl to
near Black Gap, or extending from 33 miles southwest of Faith to 12
miles southeast of Rapid City, moving southeast at 45 mph.
HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Blowing dust may reduce visibility at
times.
Locations impacted include…
Southern Rapid City, Rapid Valley, Wall, New Underwood, Union
Center, Wasta, Scenic, Plainview, Quinn, Enning, Owanka, Elm
Springs, Wicksville, Creighton, Farmingdale, White Owl, Folsom,
Caputa and Red Shirt.
This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 69
and 116.
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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