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Red Flag Warning 43, NWS Cheyenne, WY

September 13, 20266 counties in Wyoming; 7 counties in Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this red flag warning at Sep 13, 2026, 12:57 PM MDT for 6 counties in Wyoming; 7 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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: Sep 13, 2026, 12:57 PM MDT (18:57 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Sep 14, 2026, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY

Counties Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Albany County, WY, Carbon County, WY, Converse County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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 Sep 13, 5:38 AM MDT, 7 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 5:38 AM MDT, 7 hours 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 13, 8:29 AM MDT, 4 hours 28 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
Sep 13, 12:54 AM MDT	High Wind Watch	CYS	Albany, Carbon, Laramie, Platte	29 hr
Sep 13, 1:07 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	CYS	Albany, Carbon, Converse, Goshen, Niobrara, Platte	12 hr
Sep 13, 2:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	28 min
Sep 13, 2:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Goshen	28 min
Sep 13, 3:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Goshen	27 min
Sep 13, 4:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Goshen	36 min
Sep 13, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Goshen	36 min
Sep 13, 3:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Scotts Bluff	47 min

Nearby

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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.