Special Weather Statement
NWS Cheyenne WY ยท US
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A Strong Thunderstorm Will Impact Northeastern Converse County Through 530 PM MDT
- Event
- Special Weather Statement
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Expected
- Severity
- Moderate
- Certainty
- Observed
- Response
- Execute
Description
Overview
At 440 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13 miles north of Fort Fetterman Historic Site, or 19 miles north of Douglas, moving northeast at 20 mph.
Hazard
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern Converse County.
Instructions
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Affected areas
- Converse County Lower Elevations
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Cheyenne WY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~53s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2VAW0XTHGWTVBY32CC6KVFF
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.32fabf8f0807ec0362b56d6923aa0d6c838b3e2d.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.7825
- 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 182240 |
| NWSheadline | A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CONVERSE COUNTY THROUGH 530 PM MDT |
| eventMotionDescription | 2026-09-18T22:40:00-00:00...storm...203DEG...16KT...43.04,-105.47 |
| maxWindGust | 50 MPH |
| maxHailSize | 0.88 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Converse County Lower Elevations
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 056009 |
| UGC | WYZ101 |
- Polygons
- 42.94,-105.43 42.99,-105.58 43.27,-105.53 43.15,-105.11 42.94,-105.43