WWUS83 KUNR 232157
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
357 PM MDT Sun Aug 23 2026

SDZ027-029>031-042-074-075-232230-
Hermosa Foothills SD-Northern Oglala Lakota SD-Custer Co Plains
SD-Eastern Fall River SD-Southern Black Hills SD-Pennington Co
Plains SD-Southern Foothills SD-
357 PM MDT Sun Aug 23 2026

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND WIND GUSTS AHEAD OF THE STORMS
WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN FALL RIVER...NORTHWESTERN OGLALA LAKOTA...
SOUTH CENTRAL PENNINGTON AND EASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM
MDT...

At 357 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of strong
thunderstorms and wind gusts ahead of the storms extending from near
Folsom to over Wind Cave National Park, or extending from 28 miles
southeast of Rapid City to 9 miles north of Hot Springs, moving
southeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
  Hot Springs, Oral, Buffalo Gap, Fairburn, Smithwick, Red Shirt,
  Folsom, Red Shirt Table Overlook, Intersection of Red Shirt and
  Cuny Table Roads, Buffalo Corrals, Wind Cave National Park,
  Maverick Junction, Railroad Buttes, southeastern Custer State Park,
  northern Angostura Reservoir and southwestern Badlands National
  Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

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LAT...LON 4362 10351 4370 10333 4377 10318 4393 10286
      4364 10260 4338 10292 4338 10300 4334 10300
      4329 10322 4333 10345
TIME...MOT...LOC 2155Z 335DEG 22KT 4376 10287 4359 10305 4351 10329
4357 10346

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Helgeson