⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Box Butte; Scotts Bluff; North Sioux; South Sioux; Goshen County – Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued September 2 at 4:18PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

At 418 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15
miles southwest of Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, which is 16
miles northeast of Torrington, moving northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Box
Butte, northwestern Scotts Bluff, southern Sioux and northeastern
Goshen Counties, including the following locations… Goshen County
Fairgrounds.

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.