| Event | Red Flag Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Likely |
| Area | Pine Ridge/Nebraska National Forest; Box Butte/South Sioux/Niobrara River; Lower North Platte River Basin/Scottsbluff National Monument; Lodgepole Creek/Southern Nebraska Panhandle; 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 | 7/14/2026, 1:57:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/15/2026, 7:00:00 AM CDT |
Red Flag Warning issued July 14 at 12:57PM MDT until July 15 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS Cheyenne WY
Details
* AFFECTED AREA…Fire weather zones 417, 418, 423, and 430
through 434.
* WIND…South to southeast winds 10 to 15 mph gusting up to 30
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.
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