| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Harding; Butte |
| Effective | 7/25/2026, 3:59:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/25/2026, 4:30:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued July 25 at 2:59PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Details
At 259 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong
thunderstorms near Haystack Buttes, or 32 miles south of Buffalo,
moving east at 30 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.
Locations impacted include…
Hoover, Castle Rock, Haystack Buttes, Dears Ears Butte, Two Top
Butte and Antelope Butte.
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.
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