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Red Flag Warning issued Aug. 8, 2026 by NWS Rapid City SD
Red Flag Warning issued August 8 at 11:55AM MDT until August 8 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD. Areas named: Northern Foot Hills; Butte County Area; Northern Campbell; Southern Campbell; Crook County Plains; Weston County Plains; Wyoming Black Hills. Whether this alert is still in effect is shown on the page, computed from its stated expiry when you load it.
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NWS Rapid City SD issued a Red Flag Warning on Aug. 8, 2026, 11:55 a.m. MDT / 12:55 p.m. CDT, according to the National Weather Service's public alert record.
The alert states an effective time of Aug. 8, 2026, 11:55 a.m. MDT / 12:55 p.m. CDT, an onset of Aug. 8, 2026, 12 p.m. MDT / 1 p.m. CDT, and an expiry of Aug. 8, 2026, 8 p.m. MDT / 9 p.m. CDT. South Dakota spans two time zones and this alert may reach both, so each instant is shown in Mountain and then Central time; the office's own published offset is preserved in the machine-readable record.
The alert separately states that the hazard itself ends at Aug. 8, 2026, 8 p.m. MDT / 9 p.m. CDT. That is a different field from the message's expiry above and the two can differ.
Whether this alert is currently in effect is not stated in this text, deliberately: it depends on the time you are reading, so 605Buzz computes it from the expiry above each time the page is loaded rather than storing an answer that would go out of date without anyone noticing.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; 605Buzz does not re-rank them or translate them into a scale of its own.
The recommended response type on the message is "Prepare".
The alert names these areas: Northern Foot Hills; Butte County Area; Northern Campbell; Southern Campbell; Crook County Plains; Weston County Plains; Wyoming Black Hills. The National Weather Service zone codes are SDZ323, SDZ327, WYZ314, WYZ315, WYZ316, WYZ317 and WYZ318.
The full text of the alert as issued on Aug. 8, 2026, 11:55 a.m. MDT / 12:55 p.m. CDT, reproduced without changes:
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING DUE TO GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR NORTHERN FOOT HILLS, BUTTE COUNTY AREA, NORTHERN CAMPBELL, SOUTHERN CAMPBELL, CROOK COUNTY PLAINS, WESTON COUNTY PLAINS, AND WYOMING BLACK HILLS...
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 323, and 327.
* TIMING...Until 8 PM MDT this evening.
* WINDS...Northwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...Relative Humidity between 8 to 15 percent.
* IMPACTS...Any fires that develop will spread rapidly. Outdoor burning is not recommended.
The protective-action text the issuing office attached, reproduced without changes:
A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior.
The National Weather Service superseded this message at Aug. 8, 2026, 7:39 p.m. MDT / 8:39 p.m. CDT with a later one. This article records the message as issued.
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