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Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Cheyenne, WY

December 22, 2025Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this red flag warning at Dec 22, 2025, 1:13 AM MST for Laramie County, Wyoming. It took effect at Dec 22, 2025, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2025, 1:13 AM MST (08:13 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 22, 2025, 11:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 22, 2025, 5:00 PM MST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cheyenne, WY

County Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Dec 21, 10:34 PM MST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 10:34 PM MST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 1:11 PM MST, 12 hours 2 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
111 PM MST Sun Dec 21 2025

NEZ002-003-019>021-054-055-095-096-WYZ101>119-222015-
Dawes County-Box Butte County-Scotts Bluff County-Banner County-
Morrill County-Kimball County-Cheyenne County-
Northern Sioux County-Southern Sioux County-
Converse County Lower Elevations-Niobrara County-
North Laramie Range-Ferris/Seminoe/Shirley Mountains-
Shirley Basin-Central Laramie Range and Southwest Platte County-
East Platte County-Goshen County-Central Carbon County-
North Snowy Range Foothills-Southwest Carbon County-
Sierra Madre Range-Upper North Platte River Basin-Snowy Range-
Laramie Valley-South Laramie Range-South Laramie Range Foothills-
Central Laramie County-East Laramie County-
111 PM MST Sun Dec 21 2025

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of panhandle
Nebraska...east central Wyoming...south central Wyoming and
southeast Wyoming.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

- High wind warnings are in effect today through tomorrow morning
  for our usual wind prone locations as well as the Rawlins area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

- Near record highs expected Monday through Thursday as the
  region remains dominated by high pressure.

- Next system to bring impactful weather will occur Thursday
  through Saturday, with breezy winds possible alongside steady
  mountain snowfall.

.Spotter information statement...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 21, 10:40 PM MST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.