NWS Cheyenne WYFF.W 0016August 13, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Kimball and Laramie, NE and WY
The National Weather Service office in Cheyenne issued a flash flood warning for Kimball and Laramie in Nebraska, Wyoming, which was in force until 10:45 p.m. local time on August 13. It was the 16th flash flood warning the NWS office in Cheyenne issued in 2026. Nebraska had 12 flash flood warnings in August 2026, against 11 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Nebraska's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Cheyenne WY
- Area
- Kimball and Laramie
- State
- Nebraska
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:37 p.m. MDT, August 13, 2026
- Expires
- 10:45 p.m. MDT, August 13, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KCYS FF.W 0016
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
FFWCYS The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Kimball County in the panhandle of Nebraska... Southeastern Laramie County in southeastern Wyoming... * Until 1045 PM MDT. * At 737 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1.5 to 1.75 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. 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... Pine Bluffs, Burns, Egbert, Pine Bluffs Municipal Airport, Carpenter and Hillsdale. This includes the following highways... Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 1 and 6. Interstate 80 in Wyoming between mile markers 379 and 402.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
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.