⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Central Black Hills; Southern Black Hills; Hermosa Foothills – Thursday, August 27, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 27 at 1:47PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 147 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Custer State Park, or 9 miles east of Custer, moving southeast at 25
mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 30 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…
Fairburn, Buffalo Corrals, State Game Lodge, Custer State Park,
northeastern Wind Cave National Park, Blue Bell, Legion Lake, Mount
Coolidge, Center Lake, Black Hills Playhouse and Stockade Lake.

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.