⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Rapid City; Central Black Hills; Pennington Co Plains – Thursday, July 30, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued July 30 at 3:21PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 321 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Rapid City, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny 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…
Rapid City, Rapid Valley, southern Box Elder, Black Hawk, Hisega,
Rockerville, Reptile Gardens, Bear Country, Hart Ranch, Black Gap,
Rapid City Airport and Sheridan Lake.

This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 54
and 64.

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.