Cheyenne, Wyoming

Regional Weather Alerts


     

Alert: Special Weather Statement
Area(s): East Laramie County
Effective: 2026-07-08 @ 8:29 pm -> 2026-07-08 @ 8:45 pm
Onset: 2026-07-08 @ 8:29 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Cheyenne WY on 2026-07-08 @ 8:29 pm
Headline: Special Weather Statement issued July 8 at 7:29PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Description: At 729 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Meriden Rest Area, or 36 miles northwest of Kimball, moving east at
10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel 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...
Gun Barrel and Meriden Rest Area.

Alert: Special Weather Statement
Area(s): Goshen County
Effective: 2026-07-08 @ 8:20 pm -> 2026-07-08 @ 8:45 pm
Onset: 2026-07-08 @ 8:20 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Cheyenne WY on 2026-07-08 @ 8:20 pm
Headline: Special Weather Statement issued July 8 at 7:20PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Description: At 720 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles northwest of Meriden Rest Area, or 34 miles northeast of
Cheyenne, moving northeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern Goshen
and northeastern Laramie Counties.

Alert: Flash Flood Warning
Area(s): Laramie, WY
Effective: 2026-07-08 @ 7:43 pm -> 2026-07-08 @ 10:15 pm
Onset: 2026-07-08 @ 7:43 pm -> 2026-07-08 @ 10:15 pm
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Immediate
Issued By: NWS Cheyenne WY on 2026-07-08 @ 7:43 pm
Headline: Flash Flood Warning issued July 8 at 6:43PM MDT until July 8 at 9:15PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Description: At 643 PM MDT, The public reported thunderstorms producing heavy
rain in east Cheyenne. Between 0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Public reported.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Cheyenne, Laramie County Fairgrounds at Archer, Fox Farm-College,
South Cheyenne, South Greeley Highway, Ranchettes, Cheyenne
Regional Airport, Bison Crossing, Winchester Hills, North
Cheyenne, Frontier Park, Carpenter, Warren AFB, Grass Hills and
Cowboy Ranch South.

This includes the following highways...
Interstate 25 in Wyoming between mile markers 6 and 16.
Interstate 80 in Wyoming between mile markers 360 and 381.

Alert: Special Weather Statement
Area(s): North Snowy Range Foothills
Effective: 2026-07-08 @ 5:33 pm -> 2026-07-08 @ 8:45 pm
Onset: 2026-07-08 @ 5:33 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Cheyenne WY on 2026-07-08 @ 5:33 pm
Headline: Special Weather Statement issued July 8 at 4:33PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Description: Gusty showers are moving east near Arlington and along I-80. These
showers will be capable of producing wind gusts in excess of 50 to
55 mph.

These showers are expected to continue for the next two to three
hours.

Alert: Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Area(s): Banner, NE; Box Butte, NE; Cheyenne, NE; Dawes, NE; Kimball, NE; Morrill, NE; Scotts Bluff, NE; Sioux, NE; Converse, WY; Goshen, WY; Laramie, WY; Niobrara, WY; Platte, WY
Effective: 2026-07-08 @ 2:27 pm -> 2026-07-08 @ 9:00 pm
Onset: 2026-07-08 @ 2:27 pm -> 2026-07-08 @ 9:00 pm
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Urgency: Future
Issued By: NWS Cheyenne WY on 2026-07-08 @ 2:27 pm
Headline: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 8 at 1:27PM MDT until July 8 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
472 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NEBRASKA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 8 COUNTIES

IN PANHANDLE NEBRASKA

BANNER BOX BUTTE CHEYENNE
DAWES KIMBALL MORRILL
SCOTTS BLUFF SIOUX

IN WYOMING THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL WYOMING

CONVERSE NIOBRARA

IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING

GOSHEN LARAMIE PLATTE

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AGATE, ALLIANCE, ANGORA, BAYARD,
BILL, BORDEAUX, BRIDGEPORT, BROWNSON, CHADRON, CHADRON ST PARK,
CHEYENNE, DEER CREEK, DOUGLAS, GERING, GLENROCK, GUERNSEY,
HARRISBURG, HARRISON, HEMINGFORD, KIMBALL, LUSK, REDBIRD,
REDINGTON, SCOTTSBLUFF, SIDNEY, TORRINGTON, AND WHEATLAND.

Alert: Extreme Heat Watch
Area(s): Musselshell; Treasure; Northern Rosebud; Custer; Fallon; Northern Stillwater; Powder River; Carter; Northern Park; Golden Valley; Red Lodge Foothills; Northern Big Horn; Southern Rosebud; Judith Gap; Paradise Valley; Livingston Area; Beartooth Foothills; Southern Big Horn; Southeastern Carbon; Northern Sweet Grass; Bighorn Canyon; Northern Carbon; Melville Foothills; Northeastern Yellowstone; Southern Wheatland; Southwestern Yellowstone; Sheridan Foothills
Effective: 2026-07-08 @ 12:14 pm -> 2026-07-09 @ 12:15 pm
Onset: 2026-07-11 @ 7:00 am -> 2026-07-13 @ 7:00 am
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Future
Issued By: NWS Billings MT on 2026-07-08 @ 12:14 pm
Headline: Extreme Heat Watch issued July 8 at 11:14AM MDT until July 13 at 6:00AM MDT by NWS Billings MT
Description: * WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with all time record high
temperatures possible.

* WHERE...Portions of central, south central, and southeast Montana
and north central Wyoming.

* WHEN...From Saturday morning through late Sunday night. Hottest
temperatures are expected Sunday Afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Heat related illnesses increase significantly during
extreme heat events.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Morning low temperatures may only fall into
the 70s. This would result in little to no time for the body and
infrastructure to cool off and recover, therefore increasing the
risk of impacts.