⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Sheridan; Garden; Grant; Arthur; Keith; Western Cherry – Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued September 2 at 8:44PM MDT by NWS North Platte NE

Details

At 844 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 18 miles north of Ashby to 6 miles west of
Lewellen. Movement was east 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…
Arthur, Lewellen, Hyannis, Whitman, Ashby, Lemoyne, Duluth, Dipping
Vat Meadow, Swede Lake, Intersection of Highway 61 and Survey Valley
Road, Bourquim Hill, Whitman Road crossing the North Branch of the
Middle Loup River, Pratt Lake, Eagle Gulch Campground, Ruthon,
Haythorn Lake, Clear Creek State Wildlife Management Area, Rackett,
Finnegan Lake, and Sand Puddin Lake.

This includes the following highways…
Highway 2 between mile markers 129 and 161.
Highway 61 between mile markers 102 and 186.
Highway 92 between mile markers 115 and 137, and between mile
markers 165 and 168.

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.