⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Cheyenne – Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 26 at 3:01AM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

At 301 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Sidney Municipal Airport, or near Sidney, moving southeast 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…
Sidney, Colton, Sunol, Brownson, Lorenzo, Sidney Municipal Airport,
and Cheyenne County Fairgrounds.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.