public-safety
Dense Fog Advisory issued Nov. 5, 2026 by NWS Rapid City SD
Dense Fog Advisory issued November 5 at 11:48PM MST until November 6 at 9:00AM MST by NWS Rapid City SD. Areas named: Pennington Co Plains; Haakon; Northern Jackson; Bennett; Mellette; Todd; Tripp; Southern Jackson.
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Key facts
- What
- Public safety
- When
- Record date Nov. 5, 2026; Added Nov. 6, 2026
- Source
- Weather alerts
- Read time
- About 3 minutes
NWS Rapid City SD issued a Dense Fog Advisory at 11:48 p.m. Mountain time Nov. 5, 2026 (12:48 a.m. Central Nov. 6), according to the National Weather Service's public alert record.
The alert states that it takes effect at 11:48 p.m. Mountain Nov. 5 (12:48 a.m. Central Nov. 6), gives the onset as midnight Mountain (1 a.m. Central) as Nov. 6 begins and expires at 9 a.m. Mountain (10 a.m. Central). 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 9 a.m. Mountain (10 a.m. Central), 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so it is computed from the expiry above each time the page is loaded, rather than stored as an answer that would go out of date without anyone noticing.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 "Moderate", 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 "Execute".
The alert names these areas: Pennington Co Plains; Haakon; Northern Jackson; Bennett; Mellette; Todd; Tripp; Southern Jackson. The National Weather Service zone codes are SDZ031, SDZ032, SDZ043, SDZ044, SDZ046, SDZ047, SDZ049 and SDZ077.
The issuing office's own summary line, as written at 11:48 p.m. Mountain Nov. 5 (12:48 a.m. Central Nov. 6):
DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM MST /10 AM CST/ FRIDAY
The full text of the alert as issued at 11:48 p.m. Mountain Nov. 5 (12:48 a.m. Central Nov. 6), reproduced without changes:
* WHAT...Visibility less than one quarter mile in dense fog. Visibilities will rapidly change, especially in low spots.
* WHERE...Portions of south central and southwestern South Dakota.
* WHEN...Until 9 AM MST /10 AM CST/ Friday.
* IMPACTS...Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous.
The protective-action text the issuing office attached, reproduced without changes:
If driving, slow down, use your headlights, and leave plenty of distance ahead of you.
The National Weather Service superseded this message at 1:36 a.m. Mountain (2:36 a.m. Central) Nov. 6 with a later one. This article records the message as issued.
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