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Alert: Special Weather Statement
Area(s): Scotts Bluff; Banner; Goshen County; East Laramie County
Effective: 2026-08-14 @ 2:33 pm -> 2026-08-14 @ 3:15 pm
Onset: 2026-08-14 @ 2:33 pm
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Cheyenne WY on 2026-08-14 @ 2:33 pm
Headline: Special Weather Statement issued August 14 at 1:33PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Description: At 132 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southeast of La Grange, or 29 miles southwest of Scottsbluff,
moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...
Harrisburg.

Alert: Flood Watch
Area(s): Banner; Morrill; Kimball; Cheyenne; South Laramie Range Foothills; Central Laramie County; East Laramie County
Effective: 2026-08-14 @ 12:16 pm -> 2026-08-14 @ 11:00 pm
Onset: 2026-08-14 @ 3:00 pm -> 2026-08-14 @ 11:00 pm
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Urgency: Future
Issued By: NWS Cheyenne WY on 2026-08-14 @ 12:16 pm
Headline: Flood Watch issued August 14 at 11:16AM MDT until August 14 at 10:00PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Description: * WHAT...Localized flash flooding caused by excessive thunderstorm
rainfall is possible.

* WHERE...Portions of panhandle Nebraska, including the following
areas, Banner County, Cheyenne County, Kimball County and Morrill
County and southeast Wyoming, including the following areas,
Central Laramie County, East Laramie County and South Laramie
Range Foothills.

* WHEN...Until 10 PM MDT this evening.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Strong, slow moving thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall
will be possible this afternoon and evening. Heavy rainfall
may affect areas that already received heavy rainfall and
localized flooding yesterday. Stronger storms will be capable
of producing 1 to 2 inches of rain in as little as 30
minutes.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood