Weather Alerts For Buffalo Gap, SD
Freeze Warning
-# HEADLINE -------------------- FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM MDT TUESDAY # DETAILS -------------------- WHAT Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected. WHERE Portions of northwestern and southwestern South Dakota and northeast Wyoming. WHEN From midnight tonight to 9 AM MDT Tuesday. IMPACTS Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing. ISSUED AT Monday, May 18, 2026 at 8:43 PM MDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Rapid City SD HEADER URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Newcastle, Northern Foothills, Pennington Co Plains, Southern Meade Co Plains, Southern Oglala Lakota, Bennett, Butte, Custer Co Plains, Eastern Fall River, Haakon, Harding, Hermosa Foothills, Northeastern Crook, Northern Campbell, Northern Jackson, Northern Meade Co Plains, Northern Oglala Lakota, Northern Perkins, Rapid City, Southern Campbell, Southern Foothills, Southern Jackson, Southern Perkins, Sturgis/Piedmont Foothills, Western Crook, Western Fall River, Weston County Plains, Ziebach Including the cities of Manderson, Harrington, Oral, Belvidere, Smithwick, Meadow, Camp Crook, Sharps Corner, Wright, Wall, Piedmont, Colony, Tuthill, Newell, Angostura Reservoir, Martin, Philip, Edgemont, Sturgis, Buffalo Gap, Vale, Redig, Mud Butte, Osage, Caputa, Quinn, Buffalo, Wanblee, Cherry Creek, Ladner, Usta, Bison, Midland, Dupree, Prairie City, Batesland, Cottonwood, Weston, Folsom, Enning, Moorcroft, Wasta, Zeona, Gillette, Rochelle, Rozet, South Eagle Butte, Long Valley, Red Owl, Belle Fourche, Fairburn, Porcupine, Allen, Interior, Ellsworth AFB, Keyhole Reservoir, Rapid City, Scenic, Tilford, Devils Tower, Milesville, Beulah, Faith, Hoover, Reva, Rockyford, Wounded Knee, Oelrichs, White Owl, Oglala, Clareton, Summerset, Elm Springs, Sorum, Potato Creek, Kyle, Hot Springs, Spearfish, Ardmore, Box Elder, Saint Onge, Kadoka, Hermosa, Aladdin, Newcastle, Hulett, Belle Fourche Reservoir, Black Hawk, Union Center, Whitewood, Howes, Fruitdale, Lemmon, New Underwood, Provo, Recluse, Pine Haven, Shadehill, Opal, Glad Valley, Pine Ridge, Upton, Ludlow, and Rumford
