Weather Alerts For Wewela, SD

A Weather Alert has been issued for a nearby area. While your current location is outside of the impacted area, please stay alert and monitor weather conditions. # HEADLINE -------------------- GUSTY THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOW WINDS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN MELLETTE, BENNETT, WESTERN TODD, EASTERN OGLALA LAKOTA, SOUTHERN JACKSON AND SOUTHEASTERN PENNINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM MDT /730 AM CDT/ # SUMMARY -------------------- At 533 AM MDT /633 AM CDT/, Doppler radar and weather stations were tracking gusty thunderstorm outflow winds extending from near Dry Wood Housing to 22 miles south of Spring Creek, or extending from 20 miles northwest of Pine Ridge to 39 miles southeast of Martin, moving northeast at 25 MPH. # DETAILS -------------------- HAZARD Wind gusts of 40 to 50 MPH. SOURCE Radar and weather station indicated. IMPACT Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE Pine Ridge, Martin, Rosebud, Porcupine, Kyle, Wanblee, Potato Creek, Saint Francis, Manderson, Parmelee, Allen, Wounded Knee, Spring Creek, Long Valley, Norris, Batesland, Interior, Tuthill, Cedar Butte and Upper Cut Meat. ISSUED AT Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 5:33 AM MDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Rapid City SD HEADER Special Weather Statement # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. Secure loose outdoor objects. # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Mellette SD, Pennington Co Plains SD, Bennett SD, Northern Jackson SD, Northern Oglala Lakota SD, Southern Jackson SD, Southern Oglala Lakota SD, Todd SD

# HEADLINE -------------------- LOW FIRE DANGER # SUMMARY -------------------- The grassland fire danger index will reach the low category this afternoon. Favorable weather conditions or a high moisture content of grasses, and other dry organic material on the ground, indicate that the probability of a fast moving fire is low. Outdoor burning under these conditions can usually be performed with reasonable safety precautions, but should be monitored. The outlook for Friday afternoon, The grassland fire danger index will reach the low category. # DETAILS -------------------- ISSUED AT Thursday, July 2, 2026 at 3:44 AM MDT ISSUED BY National Weather Service Rapid City SD HEADER Rangeland Fire Danger Statement # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Bennett, Northern Foothills, Southern Oglala Lakota, Custer Co Plains, Haakon, Harding, Hermosa Foothills, Mellette, Northern Meade Co Plains, Northern Oglala Lakota, Northern Perkins, Southern Perkins, Todd, Tripp, Ziebach Including the cities of Buffalo, Camp Crook, Ladner, Ludlow, Redig, Reva, Lemmon, Shadehill, Meadow, Prairie City, Faith, Mud Butte, Red Owl, Howes, Opal, Dupree, Glad Valley, Cherry Creek, South Eagle Butte, Spearfish, Whitewood, Saint Onge, Folsom, Philip, Midland, Milesville, Kyle, Rockyford, Sharps Corner, Martin, Allen, Tuthill, Harrington, White River, Wood, Norris, Cedar Butte, Mission, Rosebud, Saint Francis, Parmelee, Winner, Colome, Witten, Hamill, Ideal, Hermosa, Buffalo Gap, Fairburn, Pine Ridge, Oglala, Wounded Knee, Porcupine, Manderson, Batesland, Usta, Bison, Sorum, and Zeona

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR PORTIONS OF THE UPPER MIDWEST INTO THE GREAT LAKES THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST...CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS SUMMARY Severe thunderstorms are expected across the Upper Midwest and Upper Great Lakes this evening. A couple of tornadoes are possible but damaging wind gusts are expected to be the more widespread hazard, in addition to isolated large to very large hail. Severe storms also remain a concern across parts of the central High Plains and the Northeast. Midwest and Upper Great Lakes Steadily deepening convective activity has developed across the surface boundary in southern Minnesota into northern/western Iowa. Much of this region has been under the influence of a band of mid-level cloud cover this afternoon. Comparison of the 18z and 00z observed soundings from OAX indicate inhibition has eroded. Strong buoyancy also remains across the area amid steep lapse rates and ample deep layer shear. A southerly low-level jet is progged to increase through the evening which should further support convective development. A mix of supercells and clustered multi-cell thunderstorms is expected through the evening, given largely boundary parallel shear. With the increase in the low-level jet, a tornado or two will remain possible with any more discrete supercells. Northeast A cluster of thunderstorms is advancing eastward into portions of northwestern New York just east of Lake Ontario. Sufficient instability remains across portions of central/southern New York, with more rain cooled air from several rounds of showers to the north. This cluster may pose some potential for occasional strong to severe winds downstream through the evening given remaining warm temperatures and moist profiles downstream. Central and southern High Plains Widely scattered thunderstorm activity continues near the dryline across Kansas into the Oklahoma/Texas Panhandles. The strongest deep layer shear is located ahead of a short-wave impulse across western Kansas, where 30-40 kts is analyzed in SPC mesoanalysis. Steep lapse rates and deeply mixed profiles will support potential for damaging wind and large hail with supercells through the evening. Southeast Several clusters of thunderstorms continue across portions of Mississippi into eastern Louisiana/southern Arkansas this evening. A few instances of strong to severe wind will continue before gradual weakening occurs with loss of daytime heating over the next couple of hours.