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

Special Weather Statement issued September 2 at 6:37PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD

Details

At 637 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Slim Buttes Housing, or 12 miles west of Pine Ridge, moving northeast
at 30 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…
Pine Ridge, Oglala, Number 4, South Lakeside, Loneman, Calico, Wolf
Creek Housing, Slim Buttes Housing and Slim Butte.

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.