⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Grant; Hooker; Western Cherry – Thursday, September 3, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued September 3 at 1:36AM MDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 136 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Whitman, or 26 miles west of Mullen, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
Mullen, Whitman, Carr Lake, Duluth, Pratt Lake, Hecla, and Weir.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 2 between mile markers 149 and 184.
Highway 97 between mile markers 58 and 67.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.