| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Dawes; Box Butte; Scotts Bluff; Banner; Morrill; Kimball; Cheyenne; North Sioux; South Sioux |
| Effective | 8/25/2026, 12:10:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/25/2026, 1:00:00 AM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued August 24 at 11:10PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Details
At 1109 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 10 miles northwest of Montrose to 10 miles
southeast of Harrisburg. Movement was east at 55 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…
Scottsbluff, Alliance, Chadron, Gering, Bridgeport, Bayard,
Terrytown, Crawford, Minatare, Hemingford, Dalton, Harrison, Gurley,
Broadwater, Melbeta, McGrew, Whitney, Northport, Box Butte Reservoir,
and Montrose.
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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