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Mesoscale Discussion 1122

June 13, 202629 counties in Kansas; 13 counties in Missouri; 4 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 13, 2026, 1:49 PM CDT for 29 counties in Kansas; 13 counties in Missouri; 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2026, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2026, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...tornado watch likely
Chance of a watch
80%
All 46 counties

Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 333 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2026-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 296 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2026-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 234 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
296 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1211 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 8:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMeade, Morton, Seward, Stevens95 min
Jun 12, 10:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Comanche, Meade, Seward113 min
Jun 12, 11:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Lane, Logan and 7 more2 hr
Jun 12, 11:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 17 more2 hr
Jun 13, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCButler, Cowley, Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick, Sumner4 hr
Jun 13, 8:03 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Doniphan117 min
Jun 13, 2:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 31 more9 hr
Jun 13, 3:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJewell, Smith118 min
Jun 13, 3:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray and 10 more2 hr
Jun 13, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Rooks, Smith5 hr
Jun 13, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chautauqua, Clark and 30 more8 hr
Jun 13, 5:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLabette2 hr
Jun 13, 5:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 28 more92 min
Jun 13, 6:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellsworth and 15 more2 hr
Jun 13, 9:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Linn and 8 more5 hr
Jun 13, 11:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Chariton, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Knox and 7 more84 min
Jun 13, 12:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Howell and 11 more95 min
Jun 13, 1:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCTaney85 min
Jun 13, 3:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDunklin, Pemiscot95 min
Jun 13, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, McDonald, Newton, Stone4 hr
Jun 13, 3:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Colfax and 27 more3 hr
Jun 13, 4:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Antelope, Blaine, Boone, Buffalo, Burt and 39 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2026Every mesoscale discussion in 2026

Sources

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