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

Special Weather Statement issued September 3 at 3:28AM CDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 328 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers near Medicine
Lake, or 37 miles southeast of Martin, 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…
Cody, Merriman, Kilgore, Nenzel, Medicine Lake, Crookston, Cody Lake,
Eli, Steer Creek Campground, Anderson Bridge State Wildlife
Management Area, Indian Hill, and Schoolhouse Lake.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 20 between mile markers 136 and 186.
Highway 61 between mile markers 226 and 230.
Highway 97 between mile markers 120 and 132.

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.