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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
524 PM MDT FRI JUN 26 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
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0405 PM WILDFIRE 8 W FORT ROBINSON 42.67N 103.64W
06/09/2026 SIOUX NE EMERGENCY MNGR
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LIGHTNING STRIKE FROM A NEARBY THUNDERSTORM
STUCK A T-POST 12 FEET INTO THE NEBRASKA
NATIONAL FOREST IGNITING THE SOUTH FORK
WILDLAND FIRE. UNDER FAVORABLE CONDITIONS
AND NUMEROUS WIND SHIFTS THE FIRE QUICKLY
SPREAD TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OVERNIGHT OF
JUNE 9. HIGHWAY 20 AND FORT ROBINSON STATE
PARK WERE CLOSED JUNE 10. THE FORT ROBINSON
STATE PARK MUSEUM EVACUATED WITH ARTIFACTS
SAFELY TRANSFERRED. DURING JUNE 11 THE
NORTHERN PARTS OF CRAWFORD WERE UNDER AN
EVACUATION AS THE FIRE ENCROACHED THE AREA.
SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ON JUNE 13 INCREASED
FIRE ACTIVITY ON THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE
FIRE CREATING NOTICEABLE SMOKE PLUMES. A
MULTITUDE OF AGENCIES AND RESOURCES WERE
USED TO COMBAT THIS FIRE WITH TOTAL
PERSONNEL REACHING ABOVE 500. ON JUNE 24TH,
A LITTLE OVER TWO WEEKS SINCE THE FIRE
STARTED, THE FIRE WAS DECLARED 100 PERCENT
CONTAINED. A TOTAL OF 39,696 ACRES OF
WILDLAND AND TIMBER WAS BURNED. A
FIREFIGHTER DID SUSTAIN AN INJURY WHILE
WORKING THE FIRE.
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