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

Special Weather Statement issued August 26 at 12:44AM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

At 1243 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Henry to near Albin to 7 miles northwest of
Natural Fort. Movement was southeast at 50 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, Scottsbluff, Torrington, Kimball, Gering, Mitchell,
Terrytown, Pine Bluffs, Morrill, La Grange, Lyman, Burns, Happy
Valley, Federal, Albin, Yoder, Bushnell, Table Mountain Ranches,
Henry, and Willadsen Estates.

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.