NWS Cheyenne WYFF.W 0024September 5, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Box Butte and Dawes, NE
The National Weather Service office in Cheyenne issued a flash flood warning for Box Butte and Dawes in Nebraska, which was in force until 6:45 p.m. local time on September 5. It was the 24th flash flood warning the NWS office in Cheyenne issued in 2026. Nebraska had 9 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 4 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Nebraska's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Cheyenne WY
- Area
- Box Butte and Dawes
- State
- Nebraska
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:44 p.m. MDT, September 5, 2026
- Expires
- 6:45 p.m. MDT, September 5, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCYS FF.W 0024
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Nebraska since 2008Every warning type in Nebraska
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The notice as issued
FFWCYS The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Eastern Box Butte County in the panhandle of Nebraska... Southeastern Dawes County in the panhandle of Nebraska... * Until 645 PM MDT. * At 344 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. 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, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Hemingford, Berea and Wild Horse Butte.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.