August 26, 2026

Midwest Storm Chasers

Live Weather Coverage & Severe Storm Reporting

⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Scotts Bluff; Banner; Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County; East Platte County; Goshen County; South Laramie Range; South Laramie Range Foothills; Central Laramie County; East Laramie County – Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Scotts Bluff; Banner; Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County; East Platte County; Goshen County; South Laramie Range; South Laramie Range Foothills; Central Laramie County; East Laramie County
Effective 8/26/2026, 12:53:00 AM CDT
Expires 8/26/2026, 1:45:00 AM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued August 25 at 11:53PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

At 1153 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line
extending from Veteran to near Table Mountain Ranches. Movement was
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…
Cheyenne, Mitchell, Morrill, La Grange, Lyman, Happy Valley,
Chugwater, Federal, Yoder, Table Mountain Ranches, Willadsen Estates,
Rocking Star Ranch, Silver Sage Estates, Granite Canon, Fox
Farm-College, Cheyenne Regional Airport, Stegall, Southern Hills
Estates, Scotts Bluff County Fairground, and Winchester Hills.

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.