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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Cheyenne – Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Cheyenne
Effective 8/25/2026, 7:11:00 PM CDT
Expires 8/25/2026, 7:45:00 PM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued August 25 at 6:11PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

At 611 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Gurley, or 11 miles north of Sidney, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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…
Sidney, Dalton, Gurley, Brownson, Sidney Municipal Airport, and
Cheyenne County Fairgrounds.

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.