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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
1254 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
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SIERRA MADRE RANGE-
1254 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
..WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY
* WHAT...AFTER A BRIEF LULL EARLY THIS MORNING, PERIODS OF HEAVY
SNOW EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP AROUND SUNRISE WITH BLOWING SNOW
POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 1 TO 3 FEET THROUGH
THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 65 MPH.
* WHERE...SIERRA MADRE RANGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1/4 MILE DUE TO FALLING AND
BLOWING SNOW AT TIMES. OUTDOOR RECREATION COULD BECOME LIFE
THREATENING TO THOSE CAUGHT UNPREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER
CONDITIONS. HIKERS AND SNOWMOBILERS MAY EASILY BECOME DISORIENTED.
FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR
THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.
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CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS-NIOBRARA COUNTY-NORTH LARAMIE
RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF REDBIRD, GARRETT, GLENROCK, LUSK, DEER
CREEK, BILL, AND DOUGLAS
1254 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11
AM MST THURSDAY...
* WHAT...SNOW EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND 5
INCHES IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS WITH 4 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE
NORTHERN LARAMIE RANGE. WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 35 MPH WITH AREAS
OF DRIFTING SNOW.
* WHERE...CONVERSE COUNTY LOWER ELEVATIONS, NIOBRARA COUNTY, AND
NORTH LARAMIE RANGE.
* WHEN...FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 AM MST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 5 1 1.
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SNOWY RANGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CENTENNIAL AND ALBANY
1254 AM MST WED FEB 18 2026
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST
THURSDAY...
* WHAT...PERIODS OF SNOW EXPECTED WITH BLOWING SNOW. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 12 AND 18 INCHES THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING.
WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 65 MPH.
* WHERE...SNOWY RANGE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 5 AM MST THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...POOR VISIBILITY EXPECTED IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.
OUTDOOR RECREATION COULD BECOME LIFE THREATENING TO THOSE CAUGHT
UNPREPARED FOR SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS. HIKERS AND SNOWMOBILERS
MAY EASILY BECOME DISORIENTED. FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA CAN
DEVELOP QUICKLY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE TRAVELING. THE LATEST ROAD
CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY
CALLING 5 1 1.
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