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Mesoscale Discussion 2149

August 27, 20268 counties in Nebraska; 5 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 27, 2026, 12:43 PM MDT for 8 counties in Nebraska; 5 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2026, 12:43 PM MDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2026, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch
80%

Counties Arthur County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hooker County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Bennett County, SD, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Pennington County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 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 text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 2:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArthur, Blaine, Box Butte, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 12 more9 hr
Aug 27, 4:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Blaine, Box Butte, Cherry, Dawes, Garden and 5 more57 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.