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Special Weather Statement issued Oct. 26, 2026 by NWS Rapid City SD
Special Weather Statement issued October 26 at 10:25PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD. Areas named: Harding; Northern Perkins; Butte; Northern Meade Co Plains; Ziebach; Northern Foothills; Rapid City; Southern Foothills; Central Black Hills; Southern Black Hills; Custer Co Plains; Pennington Co Plains; Haakon; Western Fall River; Northern Oglala Lakota; Northern Jackson; Bennett; Mellette; Todd; Tripp; Sturgis/Piedmont Foothills; Southern Meade Co Plains; Hermosa Foothills; Eastern Fall River; Southern Oglala Lakota; Southern Jackson; Southern Perkins; Northern Campbell; Southern Campbell; Western Crook; Weston County Plains; Newcastle; Northeastern Crook.
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- Record date Oct. 26, 2026; Added Oct. 27, 2026
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NWS Rapid City SD issued a Special Weather Statement at 10:25 p.m. MDT (11:25 p.m. CDT) Oct. 26, 2026, according to the National Weather Service's public alert record.
The alert states that it takes effect at 10:25 p.m. MDT (11:25 p.m. CDT), gives the onset as 10:25 p.m. MDT (11:25 p.m. CDT) and expires at 6 a.m. MDT (7 a.m. CDT) Oct. 27. It may reach both of South Dakota's time zones, so each time is given in both.
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so it is computed from the expiry above each time the page is loaded, rather than stored as an answer that would go out of date without anyone noticing.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 "Moderate", certainty "Observed" 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 "Execute".
The alert names these areas: Harding; Northern Perkins; Butte; Northern Meade Co Plains; Ziebach; Northern Foothills; Rapid City; Southern Foothills; Central Black Hills; Southern Black Hills; Custer Co Plains; Pennington Co Plains; Haakon; Western Fall River; Northern Oglala Lakota; Northern Jackson; Bennett; Mellette; Todd; Tripp; Sturgis/Piedmont Foothills; Southern Meade Co Plains; Hermosa Foothills; Eastern Fall River; Southern Oglala Lakota; Southern Jackson; Southern Perkins; Northern Campbell; Southern Campbell; Western Crook; Weston County Plains; Newcastle; Northeastern Crook. The National Weather Service zone codes are SDZ001, SDZ002, SDZ012, SDZ013, SDZ014, SDZ025, SDZ026, SDZ027, SDZ028, SDZ029, SDZ030, SDZ031, SDZ032, SDZ041, SDZ042, SDZ043, SDZ044, SDZ046, SDZ047, SDZ049, SDZ072, SDZ073, SDZ074, SDZ075, SDZ076, SDZ077, SDZ078, WYZ054, WYZ055, WYZ056, WYZ058, WYZ059 and WYZ060.
The issuing office's own summary line, as written at 10:25 p.m. MDT (11:25 p.m. CDT) Oct. 26:
AREAS OF FOG WITH PATCHY DENSE FOG OVERNIGHT
The full text of the alert as issued at 10:25 p.m. MDT (11:25 p.m. CDT), reproduced without changes:
Areas of fog will continue overnight over most of northeastern Wyoming and western South Dakota.
Patchy dense fog will occur through sunrise. With temperatures near freezing, elevated surfaces such as overpasses and bridges may become slick.
Motorists should expect rapidly changing visibility, down to near zero at times. Remember to use your low beam headlights in fog, slow down, and provide plenty of braking distance between yourself and any vehicles in front of you.
The message carries no separate protective-action text.
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