⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Pennington Co Plains; Northern Oglala Lakota; Southern Oglala Lakota; Southern Jackson – Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued September 2 at 7:28PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 728 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Kyle North Route Housing, or 31 miles northeast of Pine Ridge, moving
northeast at 45 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…
Kyle, Potato Creek, Kyle North Route Housing, Sharps Corner,
Thunder Valley and northern Pine Ridge Reservation.

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.