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

Special Weather Statement issued September 3 at 4:14AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 414 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers 7 miles south
of Kilgore, or 20 miles west of Valentine, moving northeast at 40
mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include…
Valentine, Cody, Kilgore, Nenzel, Crookston, Eli, Steer Creek
Campground, Anderson Bridge State Wildlife Management Area, Schlagel
Creek State Wildlife Management Area, Highway 97 crossing the
Niobrara River, and Schoolhouse Lake.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 20 between mile markers 149 and 208.
Highway 97 between mile markers 120 and 141.
Highway 83 between mile markers 202 and 222.
Highway 12 between mile markers 1 and 14.

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.