116  
WWUS85 KCYS 172310  
SPSCYS  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY  
510 PM MDT SUN MAY 17 2026  
 
WYZ115>117-172345-  
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE WY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS WY-  
LARAMIE VALLEY WY-  
510 PM MDT SUN MAY 17 2026  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN ALBANY AND  
SOUTHWESTERN LARAMIE COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM MDT...  
 
AT 509 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
PUMPKIN VINE, OR 21 MILES SOUTH OF LARAMIE, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PEA 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...  
HAPPY VALLEY, WILLADSEN ESTATES, GRANITE CANON, HARRIMAN HEIGHTS, TIE  
SIDING, AMES MONUMENT, CRYSTAL LAKE RESERVOIR, PUMPKIN VINE, PINE  
GROVE ESTATES, BUFORD, AND CURT GOWDY STATE PARK.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN WYOMING BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 332 AND  
347.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4112 10555 4118 10508 4100 10506 4100 10553  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 263DEG 28KT 4102 10543  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
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