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Mesoscale Discussion 528

April 25, 202629 counties in Kansas; 11 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 25, 2026, 1:57 PM CDT for 29 counties in Kansas; 11 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2026, 1:57 PM CDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch
60%
All 40 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Harper County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Ness County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Trego County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Major County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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
Apr 25, 1:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJewell, Republic, Washington119 min
Apr 25, 2:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Dickinson and 27 more6 hr
Apr 25, 4:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Edwards, Ellsworth, Kiowa, Pawnee, Pratt and 4 more2 hr
Apr 25, 5:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 9 more2 hr
Apr 25, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCButler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk and 5 more7 hr
Apr 25, 6:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Clay, Cloud, Geary, Jackson, Marshall and 5 more84 min
Apr 25, 3:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland and 25 more86 min
Apr 25, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Choctaw and 31 more7 hr
Apr 25, 5:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLeFlore, McCurtain65 min
Apr 25, 6:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Cotton and 10 more87 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.