| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Northern Meade Co Plains; Ziebach; Custer Co Plains; Pennington Co Plains; Haakon; Northern Oglala Lakota; Northern Jackson; Southern Meade Co Plains; Hermosa Foothills; Southern Oglala Lakota; Southern Jackson |
| Effective | 8/30/2026, 6:41:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/30/2026, 7:15:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued August 30 at 5:41PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Details
At 541 PM MDT, doppler radar was tracking strong outflow winds
extending from near Bridger to near Red Shirt, or extending from 30
miles south of Faith to 31 miles northeast of Hot Springs, 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…
Philip, Wall, Cherry Creek, Milesville, Interior, Scenic, Quinn,
Cedar Pass, Cactus Flat, Creighton, Grindstone, Rockyford, Thunder
Valley, Sharps Corner, Lonesome Valley, Folsom, Bridger, Red Shirt,
Billsburg and Howes.
This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 105
and 143.
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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