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Mesoscale Discussion 897

May 29, 20267 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 29, 2026, 5:57 PM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2026, 5:57 PM CDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2026, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 93 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch: 20%

Counties Barber County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 3:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Comanche, Harper	89 min
May 29, 3:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Greeley, Sherman, Wallace	116 min
May 29, 6:05 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 1 more	115 min

Nearby

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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.