⚠️ Flood Watch – Dawes; Box Butte; Scotts Bluff; Banner; Morrill; Kimball; Cheyenne; North Sioux; South Sioux; Niobrara County; East Platte County; Goshen County; South Laramie Range Foothills; Central Laramie County; East Laramie County – Saturday, August 15, 2026

Flood Watch issued August 15 at 1:12AM MDT until August 15 at 10:00PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY

Details

* WHAT…Localized flash flooding caused by excessive thunderstorm
rainfall is possible.

* WHERE…Portions of panhandle Nebraska, including the following
areas, Banner County, Box Butte County, Cheyenne County, Dawes
County, Kimball County, Morrill County, Northern Sioux County,
Scotts Bluff County and Southern Sioux County and Wyoming,
including the following areas, Central Laramie County, East
Laramie County, East Platte County, Goshen County, Niobrara County
and South Laramie Range Foothills.

* WHEN…From this afternoon through this evening.

* IMPACTS…Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…
– Strong, slow moving thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall
will be possible this afternoon and evening. Heavy rainfall
may affect areas that received heavy rainfall and localized
flooding yesterday.
– http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

Instructions

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood
Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared
to take action should flooding develop.

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