National Weather Service Posts Cheyenne Storm Rainfall Totals

Some locations in the Cheyenne area got almost two inches of rain with a summer storm that soaked the area on Monday night, August 12.

That's according to the Cheyene Office of the National Weather Service, The agency posted the map below on its Facebook page:

That's a lot of rain in an area which receives average annual preciptiation of 15.94 inches according to usclimatedata.com.

And much of that total typcally comes from snowfall. While summer deluges of the sort that soaked the Cheyenne area on Monday night are certainly not unheard of, they don't happen every day either.

And it looks like more heavy rainfall is possible today and tomorrow, according to the weather service:

Showers and thunderstorms look to become widespread again this afternoon through the evening hours. Some of these storms will create heavy rainfall and the possibility of flash flooding. Especially where storms move over the same area (training storms). A Marginal Risk for excessive rainfall has been identified along the Interstate 80 corridor from Sidney to Rawlins as well as Interstate 25 north to Wheatland. Be flood aware today, never drive through flooded roadways, they might be washed out. If encountering flooded roads, turn around, don't drown!