| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Harding; Northern Perkins; Butte; Northern Meade Co Plains; Southern Meade Co Plains; Southern Perkins |
| Effective | 6/18/2026, 8:29:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 6/18/2026, 9:00:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued June 18 at 7:29PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Details
At 729 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of showers extending
from 5 miles north of Prairie City to near Vale, or extending from 35
miles east of Buffalo to 17 miles northeast of Sturgis, 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…
Buffalo, Newell, Bison, Nisland, Vale, Reva, Sorum, Zeona, Hoover,
Mud Butte, Castle Rock, Prairie City, Redig, Date, Maurine,
Fairpoint, Sheep Buttes, Dears Ears Butte, Slim Buttes and Haystack
Buttes.
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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