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Mesoscale Discussion 155

March 6, 202626 counties in Iowa; 26 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 6, 2026, 7:12 PM CST for 26 counties in Iowa; 26 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Mar 6, 2026, 7:12 PM CST (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Mar 6, 2026, 9:15 PM CST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Tornado watch 16

All 52 counties

Audubon County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Ida County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Webster County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Wright County, IA, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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
Mar 6, 8:18 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton and 30 more	6 hr
Mar 6, 9:43 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Clarke, Davis and 24 more	2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2026 Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2026 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.