public-safety
Red Flag Warning issued Oct. 9, 2026 by NWS Rapid City SD
Red Flag Warning issued October 9 at 7:59PM MDT until October 9 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD. Areas named: Central Black Hills; Southern Black Hills; Fall River County Area; Northern Foot Hills; Eastern Foot Hills; Custer County Plains; Pine Ridge Area; Butte County Area; West Central Plains; Badlands Area; Northern Campbell; Southern Campbell; Crook County Plains; Weston County Plains; Wyoming Black Hills.
Published automatically from public-record data — not yet reviewed by an editor.
Key facts
- What
- Public safety
- When
- Record date Oct. 9, 2026; Added Oct. 14, 2026
- Source
- Weather alerts
- Read time
- About 3 minutes
NWS Rapid City SD issued a Red Flag Warning at 7:59 p.m. MDT (8:59 p.m. CDT) Oct. 9, 2026, according to the National Weather Service's public alert record.
The alert states that it takes effect at 7:59 p.m. MDT (8:59 p.m. CDT), gives the onset as 7:59 p.m. MDT (8:59 p.m. CDT) and expires at 9 p.m. MDT (10 p.m. CDT). It may reach both of South Dakota's time zones, so each time is given in both.
The alert separately states that the hazard itself ends at 8 p.m. MDT (9 p.m. CDT), which can differ from when the message expires.
Whether this alert is currently in effect is not stated in this text, deliberately: it depends on the time you are reading, so it is computed from the expiry above each time the page is loaded, rather than stored as an answer that would go out of date without anyone noticing. The status shown at the top of this page is the computed one.
The issuing office classified this message as severity "Severe", certainty "Likely" and urgency "Expected". Those are the National Weather Service's own categories, reproduced exactly, not re-ranked or translated into another scale.
The recommended response type on the message is "Prepare".
The alert names these areas: Central Black Hills; Southern Black Hills; Fall River County Area; Northern Foot Hills; Eastern Foot Hills; Custer County Plains; Pine Ridge Area; Butte County Area; West Central Plains; Badlands Area; Northern Campbell; Southern Campbell; Crook County Plains; Weston County Plains; Wyoming Black Hills. The National Weather Service zone codes are SDZ320, SDZ321, SDZ322, SDZ323, SDZ324, SDZ325, SDZ326, SDZ327, SDZ329, SDZ332, WYZ314, WYZ315, WYZ316, WYZ317 and WYZ318.
The issuing office's own summary line, as written at 7:59 p.m. MDT (8:59 p.m. CDT):
RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING
The full text of the alert as issued at 7:59 p.m. MDT (8:59 p.m. CDT), reproduced without changes:
Poor relative humidity recovery is expected overnight, but conditions will slowly improve.
The message carries no separate protective-action text.
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