⚠️ Flash Flood Warning – Dawes, NE; Sioux, NE – Thursday, July 9, 2026

Flash Flood Warning issued July 9 at 3:16PM MDT until July 9 at 6:15PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

FFWCYS

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for…
West Central Dawes County in the panhandle of Nebraska…
East Central Sioux County in the panhandle of Nebraska…

* Until 615 PM MDT.

* At 316 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.

HAZARD…Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE…Radar.

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…
Crawford, Soldier Creek Campground, Whitney Lake and Fort Robinson
State Park.

Instructions

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

Move away from recently burned areas. Life-threatening flooding of
creeks, roads and normally dry arroyos is likely. The heavy rains
will likely trigger rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep
terrain, especially in and around these areas.

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