415  
WWUS85 KCYS 162158  
SPSCYS  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY  
358 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
 
WYZ116>118-162245-  
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE WY-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY WY-  
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS WY-  
358 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN LARAMIE COUNTY  
THROUGH 445 PM MDT...  
 
AT 358 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR  
WILLADSEN ESTATES, OR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHEYENNE, MOVING  
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
CHEYENNE, HAPPY VALLEY, FEDERAL, TABLE MOUNTAIN RANCHES, WILLADSEN  
ESTATES, ROCKING STAR RANCH, SILVER SAGE ESTATES, LARAMIE COUNTY  
FAIRGROUNDS AT ARCHER, FOX FARM-COLLEGE, CHEYENNE REGIONAL AIRPORT,  
SOUTH GREELEY HIGHWAY, WARREN AFB, FRONTIER PARK, SOUTH CHEYENNE,  
WINCHESTER HILLS, BISON CROSSING, AND RANCHETTES.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...  
INTERSTATE 25 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 14.  
INTERSTATE 80 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 344 AND 370.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.  
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE  
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.  
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR  
SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4104 10517 4126 10511 4115 10464 4100 10494  
4100 10507  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2158Z 204DEG 13KT 4106 10506  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
BRAUER  
 
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