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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 250, NWS Cheyenne, WY
NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 16, 2026, 5:55 PM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming; Banner County, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska. It was in force for 50 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2026, 5:55 PM MDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2026, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cheyenne, WY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Banner County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Laramie County, WY
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 6:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Goshen | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 7:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Goshen | 34 min |
| Aug 15, 8:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | 31 min | |
| Aug 16, 1:18 AM MDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CYS | Albany, Laramie | 7 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Platte | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 4:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Niobrara | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 5:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Laramie | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | CYS | Sioux | 32 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.