| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Kimball; East Laramie County |
| Effective | 7/28/2026, 7:31:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/28/2026, 8:00:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued July 28 at 6:31PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Details
At 631 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Pine Bluffs Municipal Airport, or 24 miles west of Kimball, moving
east at 15 mph.
HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
Locations impacted include…
Pine Bluffs, Egbert, and Pine Bluffs Municipal Airport.
This includes the following highways…
Interstate 80 in Wyoming between mile markers 392 and 402.
Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 1 and 5.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for
the Panhandle of Nebraska.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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