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High Wind Warning 2, NWS Rapid City, SD

January 17, 20266 counties in South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this high wind warning at Jan 17, 2026, 12:10 PM MST for 6 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Jan 17, 2026, 10:00 PM MST. It was in force for 19 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 17, 2026, 12:10 PM MST (19:10 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 17, 2026, 10:00 PM MST
Expired
Jan 18, 2026, 5:00 PM MST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD

Counties Butte County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Harding County, SD, Meade County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Perkins County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 5:53 PM MSTWind AdvisoryUNRBennett, Butte, Custer, Haakon, Harding, Jackson and 9 more6 hr
Jan 17, 1:22 AM MSTHigh Wind WatchUNRButte, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Harding, Jackson and 6 more11 hr
Jan 17, 12:10 PM MSTWind AdvisoryUNRBennett, Custer, Fall River, Haakon, Jackson, Lawrence and 5 more29 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in South Dakota, 2026Every high wind warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.