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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 199, NWS Cheyenne, WY

July 9, 2026Box Butte County, Nebraska

NWS Cheyenne, WY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2026, 5:59 PM MDT for Box Butte County, Nebraska. It was in force for 46 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2026, 5:59 PM MDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2026, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Cheyenne, WY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Box Butte County, NE

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 9, 3:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 9, 5:32 PM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 5:32 PM MDT, 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:14 PM MDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
214 PM MDT Thu Jul 9 2026

WYZ117-118-092100-
Central Laramie County WY-South Laramie Range Foothills WY-
214 PM MDT Thu Jul 9 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN LARAMIE COUNTY
THROUGH 300 PM MDT...

At 214 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Willadsen Estates, or 14 miles southwest of Cheyenne, moving east at
20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Cheyenne, Happy Valley, Fox Farm-College, Cheyenne Regional Airport,
Winchester Hills, South Greeley Highway, Warren AFB, Frontier Park,
South Cheyenne, Bison Crossing, Ranchettes, Grass Hills, and Cowboy
Ranch South.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 25 in Wyoming between mile markers 1 and 13.
 Interstate 80 in Wyoming between mile markers 346 and 366.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4114 10513 4120 10472 4100 10473 4100 10509
TIME...MOT...LOC 2014Z 270DEG 16KT 4105 10504

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Goatley

Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:23 PM MDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Cheyenne WY
223 PM MDT Thu Jul 9 2026

WYZ117>119-092100-
Central Laramie County WY-South Laramie Range Foothills WY-
East Laramie County WY-
223 PM MDT Thu Jul 9 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LARAMIE COUNTY
THROUGH 300 PM MDT...

At 223 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Laramie County Fairgrounds at Archer, or 11 miles southeast of
Cheyenne, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Cheyenne, Egbert, Laramie County Fairgrounds at Archer, and
Carpenter.

This includes Interstate 80 in Wyoming between mile markers 368 and
369, and between mile markers 374 and 392.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 4101 10470 4115 10470 4119 10423 4100 10424
      4100 10468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 270DEG 16KT 4106 10460

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Goatley

Local storm report, Jul 9, 4:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 4:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:27 PM MDT, 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 5:56 PM MDT, 3 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
Jul 8, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Albany	36 min
Jul 8, 6:10 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	CYS	Laramie	3 hr
Jul 8, 6:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	33 min
Jul 8, 7:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	27 min
Jul 8, 7:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	25 min
Jul 8, 7:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	16 min
Jul 8, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Goshen, Laramie	31 min
Jul 8, 7:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Goshen	27 min
Jul 8, 7:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Platte	32 min
Jul 8, 8:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Niobrara	35 min
Jul 9, 1:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	37 min
Jul 9, 1:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	24 min
Jul 9, 1:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	31 min
Jul 9, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	46 min
Jul 9, 2:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Laramie	37 min
Jul 9, 4:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Goshen, Platte	46 min
Jul 8, 8:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Banner, Cheyenne, Scotts Bluff	33 min
Jul 8, 8:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Cheyenne, Morrill	44 min
Jul 8, 8:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Cheyenne	36 min
Jul 9, 2:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Dawes	40 min
Jul 9, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Dawes	63 min
Jul 9, 3:16 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	CYS	Dawes, Sioux	3 hr
Jul 9, 3:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Box Butte, Dawes	50 min
Jul 9, 4:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Box Butte, Dawes	39 min
Jul 9, 4:31 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	CYS	Box Butte, Dawes	3 hr
Jul 9, 4:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Cheyenne	36 min
Jul 9, 4:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CYS	Box Butte	61 min
Jul 9, 5:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Box Butte	33 min
Jul 9, 5:34 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	CYS	Box Butte	3 hr
Jul 9, 5:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	CYS	Cheyenne	34 min

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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.