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Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Cheyenne, WY

May 3, 2026Laramie County, Wyoming

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this red flag warning at May 3, 2026, 1:52 AM MDT for Laramie County, Wyoming. It took effect at May 3, 2026, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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: May 3, 2026, 1:52 AM MDT (07:52 UTC)
In effect from: May 3, 2026, 10:00 AM MDT
Expired: May 3, 2026, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 10 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 07:56 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 May 2, 11:43 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 11:43 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Cheyenne, WY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 2:13 AM MDT	Winter Storm Watch	CYS	Albany, Carbon, Laramie	24 hr
May 3, 2:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Niobrara	45 min
May 3, 2:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Niobrara	26 min
May 3, 3:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Sioux	33 min
May 3, 4:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Dawes	32 min
May 3, 4:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Box Butte, Dawes	37 min

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Wyoming, 2026 Every red flag warning in 2026

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.