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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Morrill; Kimball; Cheyenne – Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Morrill; Kimball; Cheyenne
Effective 7/7/2026, 5:57:00 PM CDT
Expires 7/7/2026, 6:45:00 PM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued July 7 at 4:57PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

At 457 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Potter, or 13 miles west of Sidney, moving northeast at 25 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…
Sidney, Potter, Dalton, Gurley, Colton, Brownson, Lorenzo, Sidney
Municipal Airport, Sunol, and Cheyenne County Fairgrounds.

This includes Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 39 and
69.

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.