Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota
Regional Weather Alerts
| Alert: | Special Weather Statement |
| Area(s): | Butte |
| Effective: | 2026-08-23 @ 6:41 pm -> 2026-08-23 @ 7:30 pm |
| Onset: | 2026-08-23 @ 6:41 pm |
| Severity: | Moderate |
| Certainty: | Observed |
| Urgency: | Expected |
| Issued By: | NWS Rapid City SD on 2026-08-23 @ 6:41 pm |
| Headline: | Special Weather Statement issued August 23 at 5:41PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD |
| Description: |
At 541 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Haystack Buttes, or 31 miles northeast of Belle Fourche, moving southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel 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... Castle Rock, Hoover, Haystack Buttes, Two Top Butte and Dears Ears Butte. |
| Alert: | Special Weather Statement |
| Area(s): | Bennett; Southern Oglala Lakota |
| Effective: | 2026-08-23 @ 6:40 pm -> 2026-08-23 @ 7:45 pm |
| Onset: | 2026-08-23 @ 6:40 pm |
| Severity: | Moderate |
| Certainty: | Observed |
| Urgency: | Expected |
| Issued By: | NWS Rapid City SD on 2026-08-23 @ 6:40 pm |
| Headline: | Special Weather Statement issued August 23 at 5:40PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD |
| Description: |
At 540 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Porcupine, or 17 miles northeast of Pine Ridge, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel 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... Porcupine, Wounded Knee, Batesland, Wakpamni, Swett, Porcupine Butte Housing and southern Pine Ridge Reservation. |
| Alert: | Special Weather Statement |
| Area(s): | Harding; Butte |
| Effective: | 2026-08-23 @ 6:20 pm -> 2026-08-23 @ 7:00 pm |
| Onset: | 2026-08-23 @ 6:20 pm |
| Severity: | Moderate |
| Certainty: | Observed |
| Urgency: | Expected |
| Issued By: | NWS Rapid City SD on 2026-08-23 @ 6:20 pm |
| Headline: | Special Weather Statement issued August 23 at 5:20PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD |
| Description: |
At 520 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Crow Buttes, or 25 miles south of Buffalo, moving southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel 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... Redig and Crow Buttes. |
| Alert: | Special Weather Statement |
| Area(s): | Northern Oglala Lakota; Southern Oglala Lakota |
| Effective: | 2026-08-23 @ 6:08 pm -> 2026-08-23 @ 6:45 pm |
| Onset: | 2026-08-23 @ 6:08 pm |
| Severity: | Moderate |
| Certainty: | Observed |
| Urgency: | Expected |
| Issued By: | NWS Rapid City SD on 2026-08-23 @ 6:08 pm |
| Headline: | Special Weather Statement issued August 23 at 5:08PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD |
| Description: |
At 508 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 5 miles southwest of Lonesome Valley, or 22 miles north of Pine Ridge, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel 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... Manderson, Goose Neck Housing, Lonesome Valley and Evergreen. |
| Alert: | Severe Thunderstorm Watch |
| Area(s): | Bennett, SD; Butte, SD; Custer, SD; Fall River, SD; Haakon, SD; Harding, SD; Jackson, SD; Lawrence, SD; Meade, SD; Oglala Lakota, SD; Pennington, SD; Perkins, SD |
| Effective: | 2026-08-23 @ 3:44 pm -> 2026-08-23 @ 9:00 pm |
| Onset: | 2026-08-23 @ 3:44 pm -> 2026-08-23 @ 9:00 pm |
| Severity: | Severe |
| Certainty: | Possible |
| Urgency: | Future |
| Issued By: | NWS Rapid City SD on 2026-08-23 @ 3:44 pm |
| Headline: | Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 23 at 2:44PM MDT until August 23 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD |
| Description: |
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 618 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA BUTTE HARDING PERKINS IN SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA BENNETT CUSTER FALL RIVER JACKSON OGLALA LAKOTA IN WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA HAAKON LAWRENCE MEADE PENNINGTON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLEN, BILLSBURG, BISON, BUFFALO, CUSTER, DEADWOOD, DOWNTOWN BELLE FOURCHE, EDGEMONT, FAITH, HERMOSA, HILL CITY, HOT SPRINGS, KADOKA, KIRLEY, KYLE, LACREEK WILDLIFE REFUGE, LEAD, LEMMON, MARTIN, MILESVILLE, OGLALA, PHILIP, PINE RIDGE, RAPID CITY, SPEARFISH, STURGIS, TUTHILL, UNION CENTER, AND WALL. THIS INCLUDES THE TRIBAL LANDS OF THE PINE RIDGE RESERVATION. |