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Mesoscale Discussion 2183

August 31, 20267 counties in Colorado; 10 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 31, 2026, 5:46 PM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado; 10 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 119 min.

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Issued: Aug 31, 2026, 5:46 PM MDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 31, 2026, 7:45 PM MDT
In force: 119 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 20%

All 23 counties

Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Chase County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 31, 2:54 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas and 3 more	2 hr
Aug 30, 9:05 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Hamilton and 12 more	115 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2026 Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 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.