September 20, 2026

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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Ottawa; Dickinson – Sunday, September 20, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Ottawa; Dickinson
Effective 9/20/2026, 1:46:00 AM CDT
Expires 9/20/2026, 2:30:00 AM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued September 20 at 1:46AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS

Details

At 145 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles west of Lincoln to Smolan to 3 miles
northeast of Galva. Movement was northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD…Strong wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include…
Abilene, Herington, Minneapolis, Solomon, Enterprise, Bennington,
Hope, Delphos, Tescott, Culver, Wells, Manchester, Carlton, Niles,
Talmage, and Ada.

This includes Interstate 70 between mile markers 267 and 281.

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.