Cheyenne, Wyoming

Regional Weather Alerts


     

Alert: Special Weather Statement
Area(s): Wyoming Black Hills
Effective: 2026-07-03 @ 4:45 pm -> 2026-07-03 @ 5:15 pm
Onset: 2026-07-03 @ 4:45 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Rapid City SD on 2026-07-03 @ 4:45 pm
Headline: Special Weather Statement issued July 3 at 3:45PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Description: At 345 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Sundance, moving southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.

Locations impacted include...
Sundance.

This includes Interstate 90 in Wyoming between Mile Markers 185 and
188.

Alert: Flash Flood Warning
Area(s): Weston, WY
Effective: 2026-07-03 @ 4:14 pm -> 2026-07-03 @ 10:00 pm
Onset: 2026-07-03 @ 4:14 pm -> 2026-07-03 @ 10:00 pm
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Immediate
Issued By: NWS Rapid City SD on 2026-07-03 @ 4:14 pm
Headline: Flash Flood Warning issued July 3 at 3:14PM MDT until July 3 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Description: FFWUNR

The National Weather Service in Rapid City has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Weston County in northeastern Wyoming...

* Until 900 PM MDT.

* At 314 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour.
Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams as other
low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Locations along Skull Creek Road and Oil Creek Road north of Osage.

Alert: Special Weather Statement
Area(s): Central Laramie County; East Laramie County
Effective: 2026-07-03 @ 4:14 pm -> 2026-07-03 @ 5:00 pm
Onset: 2026-07-03 @ 4:14 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Cheyenne WY on 2026-07-03 @ 4:14 pm
Headline: Special Weather Statement issued July 3 at 3:14PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Description: At 314 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Burns, or 19 miles east of Cheyenne, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Accumulating
small hail may also be possible.

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...
Pine Bluffs, Burns, Egbert, Hillsdale, Pine Bluffs Municipal Airport,
and Carpenter.

This includes Interstate 80 in Wyoming between mile markers 378 and
402.

Alert: Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Area(s): Crook, WY; Weston, WY
Effective: 2026-07-03 @ 3:29 pm -> 2026-07-03 @ 9:00 pm
Onset: 2026-07-03 @ 3:29 pm -> 2026-07-03 @ 9:00 pm
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Urgency: Future
Issued By: NWS Rapid City SD on 2026-07-03 @ 3:29 pm
Headline: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 3 at 2:29PM MDT until July 3 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH 446 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING

IN WYOMING THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES

IN NORTHEAST WYOMING

CROOK WESTON

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BUCKHORN, CLARETON,
DOWNTOWN NEWCASTLE, FOUR CORNERS, MOORCROFT, MORRISEY, ROCHELLE,
SUNDANCE, AND UPTON.