August 31, 2026

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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Ziebach; Custer Co Plains; Pennington Co Plains; Haakon; Northern Oglala Lakota; Northern Jackson; Bennett; Mellette; Todd; Eastern Fall River; Southern Oglala Lakota; Southern Jackson – Sunday, August 30, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Ziebach; Custer Co Plains; Pennington Co Plains; Haakon; Northern Oglala Lakota; Northern Jackson; Bennett; Mellette; Todd; Eastern Fall River; Southern Oglala Lakota; Southern Jackson
Effective 8/30/2026, 7:14:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/30/2026, 8:00:00 PM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued August 30 at 7:14PM CDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 714 PM CDT /614 PM MDT/, doppler radar was tracking strong outflow
winds extending from 6 miles west of South Eagle Butte to near Red
Shirt Table Overlook, or extending from 13 miles east of Dupree to 26
miles east 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…
Pine Ridge, Martin, Philip, Kadoka, Dupree, Oglala, Porcupine,
Kyle, Wanblee, Potato Creek, Manderson, Allen, Wounded Knee, Cherry
Creek, Milesville, Long Valley, Norris, Midland, Batesland and
Interior.

This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 121
and 174.

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.