| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Morrill; Kimball; Cheyenne |
| Effective | 7/7/2026, 5:57:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/7/2026, 6:45:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued July 7 at 4:57PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Details
At 457 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Potter, or 13 miles west of Sidney, moving northeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD…Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include…
Sidney, Potter, Dalton, Gurley, Colton, Brownson, Lorenzo, Sidney
Municipal Airport, Sunol, and Cheyenne County Fairgrounds.
This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 39 and
69.
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.
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