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Mesoscale Discussion 736

May 16, 20264 counties in Colorado; 4 counties in Kansas; 5 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 16, 2026, 1:36 PM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado; 4 counties in Kansas; 5 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 2026, 1:36 PM MDT (19:36 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2026, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 84 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch: 80%

Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Chase County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 209May 16, 3:05 PM MDT

The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 3:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan and 4 more	6 hr
May 16, 3:42 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Clay, Cloud, Jackson, Jewell, Marshall, Mitchell and 7 more	3 hr
May 16, 4:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Jackson and 13 more	9 hr
May 15, 6:29 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Burt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota and 13 more	2 hr
May 15, 9:53 PM MDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cass, Douglas, Lancaster, Otoe, Saline, Sarpy and 3 more	2 hr

Nearby

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