⚠️ Red Flag Warning – Pine Ridge/Nebraska National Forest; Niobrara/Lower Elevations of Converse/Thunder Basin National Grassland; Middle North Platte River Basin/Niobrara and Converse High Plains; North Laramie Range and Adjacent High Plains; North Laramie Valley/Shirley Basin; Southwest Carbon County; North Snowy Range Foothills; Laramie Foothills and High Plains; Laramie East High Plains; Bordeaux/Chugwater/Wheatland; Goshen/Middle-Lower North Platte River Basin – Sunday, July 12, 2026

Event	Red Flag Warning
Severity	Severe
Urgency	Expected
Certainty	Likely
Area	Pine Ridge/Nebraska National Forest; Niobrara/Lower Elevations of Converse/Thunder Basin National Grassland; Middle North Platte River Basin/Niobrara and Converse High Plains; North Laramie Range and Adjacent High Plains; North Laramie Valley/Shirley Basin; Southwest Carbon County; North Snowy Range Foothills; Laramie Foothills and High Plains; Laramie East High Plains; Bordeaux/Chugwater/Wheatland; Goshen/Middle-Lower North Platte River Basin
Effective	7/12/2026, 1:49:00 PM CDT
Expires	7/13/2026, 7:00:00 AM CDT

Red Flag Warning issued July 12 at 12:49PM MDT until July 13 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has cancelled the Fire
Weather Watch. The Red Flag Warning remains in effect for Sunday
and Monday.

* AFFECTED AREA…Fire weather zones 417, 418, 423, and 430
through 434.

* WIND…South 10 to 15 mph gusting up to 35 mph

* HUMIDITY…Between 10 and 15 percent

* IMPACTS…any fires that develop will likely spread rapidly.
Outdoor burning is not recommended.

Instructions

A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions
are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of
strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can
contribute to extreme fire behavior.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.