772  
WWUS85 KCYS 180530  
SPSCYS  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY  
1130 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2026  
 
NEZ019>021-055-180630-  
CHEYENNE NE-SCOTTS BLUFF NE-MORRILL NE-BANNER NE-  
1130 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN SCOTTS BLUFF
 
 
NORTHEASTERN CHEYENNE...SOUTHERN MORRILL AND NORTHEASTERN BANNER  
COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 AM MDT...  
 
AT 1130 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
CHIMNEY ROCK NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, OR 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF  
SCOTTSBLUFF, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND HALF INCH 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...  
BRIDGEPORT, BAYARD, BROADWATER, MCGREW, CHIMNEY ROCK NATIONAL  
HISTORIC SITE, NORTHPORT, COURTHOUSE AND JAIL ROCK, BRIDGEPORT STATE  
RECREATION AREA, MORRILL COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS, THE INTERSECTION OF  
HIGHWAY 385 AND 92, MOOMAW CORNER, AND SOUTH BAYARD JUNCTION.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD TO  
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4172 10352 4182 10349 4189 10338 4158 10263  
4140 10263 4139 10261 4124 10261  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0530Z 299DEG 47KT 4172 10333  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 

 
 
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