| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Scotts Bluff; North Sioux; South Sioux; East Platte County; Goshen County |
| Effective | 8/26/2026, 12:46:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/26/2026, 1:30:00 AM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued August 25 at 11:46PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Details
At 1146 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from near Rawhide Buttes to near
Lingle. Movement was east at 35 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…
Torrington, Guernsey, Lingle, Fort Laramie, Henry, Hartville,
Register Cliff State Historic Site, Torrington Municipal Airport,
Pine Ridge Estates, Prairie Center, Jay Em, Fort Laramie National
Historic Site, Southern Hills Estates, Grayrocks Reservoir, Hwy 85 At
Dry Rawhide Creek, and Goshen County Fairgrounds.
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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