Special Weather Statement
NWS Cheyenne WY ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Southeastern Cheyenne County Through 545 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 517 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles west of Twin Buttes, or 13 miles south of Sidney, moving northeast at 40 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Sidney, Lodgepole, Colton, Sunol, and Sidney Municipal Airport.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Cheyenne County, NE
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Cheyenne WY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~23s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2RTKZHWBKWSD1B5TSYSQCF2
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1ab50a8bf4d0b277a31baff68ac6dba7829eaae5.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Cheyenne WY
- AWIPS ID
- CAPCYS
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.8436
- WMO heading
- XOUS55
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 55
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | SPS |
| NationalWeatherService | SPS |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | SPSCYS |
| WMOidentifier | WWUS85 KCYS 172318 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CHEYENNE COUNTY THROUGH 545 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-17T23:17:00-00:00...storm...213DEG...34KT...40.95,-102.92 |
| maxWindGust | 40 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.50 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Cheyenne County, NE
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 031033 |
| UGC | NEZ055 |
- Polygons
- 41.0,-102.62 41.0,-103.04 41.25,-102.94 41.17,-102.61 41.0,-102.62