⚠️ Flash Flood Warning – Box Butte, NE; Dawes, NE – Saturday, September 5, 2026

Flash Flood Warning issued September 5 at 3:44PM MDT until September 5 at 6:45PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

FFWCYS

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for…
Eastern Box Butte County in the panhandle of Nebraska…
Southeastern Dawes County in the panhandle of Nebraska…

* Until 645 PM MDT.

* At 344 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible
in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.

HAZARD…Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include…
Hemingford, Berea and Wild Horse Butte.

Instructions

Turn around, don’t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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