⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Southern Foothills; Custer Co Plains; Northern Oglala Lakota; Hermosa Foothills; Eastern Fall River; Southern Oglala Lakota – Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 28 at 8:11PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 811 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northeast of Oral, or 17 miles east of Hot Springs, moving
southeast at 30 MPH.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 MPH and half inch size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.

Locations impacted include…
Oral, Buffalo Gap, Oelrichs, Fairburn, Smithwick, Prairie Winds
Casino, Dry Wood Housing, Hay Canyon Butte and Intersection of Red
Shirt and Cuny Table Roads.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

If you observe hail, wind damage, or flooding, please report your
observations to the National Weather Service office in Rapid City via
phone, email, or social media, as soon as it is safe to do so.

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