⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Dawes; Box Butte; Scotts Bluff; Banner; Morrill; North Sioux; South Sioux; Niobrara County; Goshen County – Monday, August 24, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 24 at 10:01PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

At 1001 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Lusk to Torrington
Municipal Airport to near La Grange. Movement was east at 40 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, Torrington, Lusk, Gering, Mitchell, Terrytown, Morrill,
Minatare, Lingle, La Grange, Lyman, Harrison, Yoder, Melbeta, Henry,
McGrew, Van Tassell, Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area, Lake
Minatare State Recreation Area, and Stegall.

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.