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Mesoscale Discussion 896

May 19, 202523 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 19, 2025, 11:19 PM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2025, 11:19 PM CDT (04:19 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2025, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch: 40%

All 23 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 8:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Leavenworth, Wyandotte	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2025 Every mesoscale discussion in 2025

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.