⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Bennett; Southern Oglala Lakota – Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued September 2 at 7:10PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 710 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a shower near Wolf Creek
Housing, or 8 miles northeast of Pine Ridge, 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…
Wounded Knee, Batesland, Porcupine Butte Housing, Wakpamni and Wolf
Creek Housing.

Instructions

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

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