⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Butte; Northern Black Hills; Northern Foothills; Central Black Hills; Southern Black Hills; Sturgis/Piedmont Foothills; Southern Meade Co Plains; Wyoming Black Hills; Weston County Plains; Newcastle; Northeastern Crook – Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 29 at 4:52PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 452 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 5 miles east of Antelope Butte to 8
miles northwest of Morrisey, or extending from 26 miles north of
Belle Fourche to 23 miles southwest of Newcastle, moving east at 35
mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea 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…
Spearfish, Sturgis, Belle Fourche, Newcastle, Lead, Dewey,
Deadwood, Whitewood, Newell, Nemo, Nisland, Osage, Saint Onge,
Vale, Central City, Silver City, Beulah, Fruitdale, Rochford and
Cheyenne Crossing.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 1 and 40.
Interstate 90 in Wyoming between Mile Markers 204 and 207.

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.