Active Weather Alerts
Special Weather Statement
Issued: 5:13 AM Jul. 20, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL HAAKON...SOUTHEASTERN BUTTE...EASTERN PENNINGTON...EASTERN LAWRENCE AND MEADE COUNTIES UNTIL 1215 AM MDT... At 1113 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of showers with a few lightning strikes extending from 11 miles east of Owl Butte to over Box Elder, or extending from 34 miles northeast of Sturgis to 8 miles east of Rapid City, moving east at 35 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... Rapid City, Sturgis, Rapid Valley, Ellsworth Air Force Base, Box Elder, Black Hawk, Summerset, New Underwood, Newell, Union Center, Piedmont, Vale, Wasta, Plainview, Enning, Owanka, Elm Springs, Hereford, Wicksville and Fairpoint. This includes Interstate 90 in South Dakota between Mile Markers 30 and 110. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN; MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
Heat Advisory
Issued: 2:38 AM Jul. 20, 2026 – National Weather Service
...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ MONDAY... * WHAT...Heat index values up to 100. * WHERE...Portions of northwestern, south central, and southwestern South Dakota and northeast Wyoming. * WHEN...Until 9 PM MDT /10 PM CDT/ Monday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. &&
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