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Mesoscale Discussion 2159

August 27, 202610 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 27, 2026, 7:47 PM CDT for 10 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2026, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2026, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 633

Counties Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Thomas County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDawson, Dundy, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan and 3 more5 hr
Aug 27, 9:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Chase, Dawson, Dundy, Frontier, Furnas and 9 more89 min

Nearby

Mesoscale 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.