⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Harding; Butte – Saturday, July 18, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 18 at 3:23AM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 323 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from near Harding to over Fruitdale, or
extending from 20 miles southwest of Buffalo to 10 miles east of
Belle Fourche, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 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…
Harding, Newell, Nisland, Vale, Fruitdale, Castle Rock, Redig, Two
Top Butte, Haystack Buttes, Crow Buttes, Antelope Butte, Arpan,
Newell Lake, East Short Pines and Belle Fourche Reservoir.

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.