Snow Squall Warning, Nebraska

Severe

Flash freeze on roads. Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.

Ended Sunday, March 15, 2026.

Issued: Sunday, March 15, 12:18 at night
Expires: Sunday, March 15, 12:45 at night
Updated: March 15, 2026

Places in this warning

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This warning
Area drawn by the weather service
Interstates
US highways
Moving southeast at 40 mph

Alert area: National Weather Service. Borders and highways: U.S. Census Bureau. Lakes, rivers and other countries: Natural Earth. Open this area in OpenStreetMap

Details from the National Weather Service

What: Flash freeze on roads. Intense bursts of heavy snow. Gusty winds leading to blowing snow and visibility rapidly falling to less than one-quarter mile. Wind gusts greater than 50 mph could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.
Squall now: At 11:33 at night, a dangerous snow squall was located 7 miles northeast of Rockport, or 14 miles southeast of Cheyenne, moving southeast at 40 mph.
Impacts: Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes.
Highways: Interstate 25 in Wyoming between mile markers 1 and 16. Interstate 80 in Wyoming between mile markers 329 and 402. Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 1 and 21.
Places named: Cheyenne, Kimball, Pine Bluffs, Burns, Happy Valley, Bushnell, Willadsen Estates, Silver Sage Estates, Egbert, Granite Canon, Fox Farm-College, Cheyenne Regional Airport, Pumpkin Vine, Winchester Hills, Vedauwoo Campground, Panorama Point, Ranchettes, Oliver Reservoir, Warren AFB, and Frontier Park.
Seen by: Radar and webcams.

Updates

Sunday 12:34 at night
Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. March 15, 2026
Sunday 12:18 at night
Snow Squall Warning issued until Sunday, 12:45 at night. March 15, 2026