Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
Issued by NWS Rapid City, SD
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WWUS83 KUNR 200538
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
1138 PM MDT Sun Jul 19 2026
SDZ027-029>031-041-042-074>076-200645-
Southern Foothills SD-Western Fall River SD-Northern Oglala
Lakota SD-Eastern Fall River SD-Southern Oglala Lakota SD-
Southern Black Hills SD-Custer Co Plains SD-Pennington Co Plains
SD-Hermosa Foothills SD-
1138 PM MDT Sun Jul 19 2026
...A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL IMPACT FALL
RIVER...NORTHWESTERN OGLALA LAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL PENNINGTON AND
EASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM MDT...
At 1138 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of showers with a
few lightning strikes extending from over Railroad Buttes to 8 miles
north of Rumford, or extending from 22 miles southeast of Rapid City
to 7 miles southeast of Edgemont, moving southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
Hot Springs, Oral, Buffalo Gap, Oelrichs, Fairburn, Scenic,
Smithwick, Provo, Red Shirt, Prairie Winds Casino, Dry Wood
Housing, Folsom, Farmingdale, Rumford, Intersection of Red Shirt
and Cuny Table Roads, Red Shirt Table Overlook, Hay Canyon Butte,
Maverick Junction, Buffalo Corrals and Wind Cave National Park.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.
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LAT...LON 4331 10380 4353 10352 4386 10311 4386 10309
4387 10309 4405 10286 4371 10225 4312 10301
4300 10317 4300 10359 4324 10390
TIME...MOT...LOC 0537Z 312DEG 26KT 4393 10284 4346 10343 4324 10372
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$
Helgeson