⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Harding; Northern Perkins; Butte; Southern Perkins – Thursday, June 18, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued June 18 at 6:58PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 658 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of showers extending
from 6 miles north of Reva to over Belle Fourche Reservoir, or
extending from 21 miles east of Buffalo to 8 miles northeast of Belle
Fourche, moving southeast at 35 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…
Belle Fourche, Buffalo, Harding, Newell, Nisland, Ludlow, Vale,
Reva, Fruitdale, Sorum, Redig, Hoover, Castle Rock, Zeona, Gustave,
Prairie City, Crow Buttes, Haystack Buttes, Dears Ears Butte and
East Short Pines.

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.