Weather

The Cheyenne Office of the National Weather Service is calling for above-normal chances for precipitation for the Cheyenne area next week.

The twister killed one person, injured 40 people, and destroyed 200 homes.

Some storms could be severe, with large hail and damaging winds. Travel on I-25 and I-80 could be impacted.

The Watch area includes the cities of Cheyenne, Pine Bluffs, Torrington, and Wheatland.

A Red Flag Warning is in effect from 11 AM TO 8 PM Thursday.

Scattered thundershowers are possible, especially towards the end of the week.

Main threats associated with these storms will be strong, gusty winds to 70 mph, large hail, flash flooding, and lightning.

The "wetter" part is arguably a little misleading, however, since most of the rain fell [90 percent in fact] in a single day.

While an occasional afternoon shower or thundershower is possible over the upcoming July 4th holiday weekend, the overall forecast looks pretty good for most outdoor activities.

The agency says the weather is "looking increasingly warm as the high-pressure system that has been baking the west coast slowly moves east into the Rockies.''

Brief heavy downpours in some areas will be possible along with lightning, and wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph.

Although it's almost July, certain places in Colorado are expected to get snow this week.