⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Banner; Kimball; Central Laramie County; East Laramie County – Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 26 at 1:24AM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

At 124 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area to
near Oliver Reservoir to near Grover to 13 miles north of Purcell.
Movement was southeast at 40 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…
Kimball, Pine Bluffs, Burns, Dix, Albin, Bushnell, Egbert, Kimball
Municipal Airport, Panorama Point, Oliver Reservoir, Pine Bluffs
Municipal Airport, Harrisburg, Carpenter, Oliver Reservoir
Campground, and Kimball County Fairgrounds.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these storms.
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.