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Mesoscale Discussion 908

May 30, 2026Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas; 18 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 30, 2026, 3:51 PM CDT for Decatur County, Rawlins County, Kansas; 18 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2026, 3:51 PM CDT (20:51 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2026, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning: Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch: 80%

Counties Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Chase County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Thomas County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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.

Tornado Watch 254May 30, 5:00 PM CDT

The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 2:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Butler, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 32 more	3 hr
May 30, 3:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 2 more	2 hr
May 30, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Barber, Barton, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Dickinson and 35 more	6 hr
May 30, 4:58 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barton, Ellis, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey, Kingman and 15 more	2 hr
May 30, 4:59 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Decatur	6 hr
May 29, 11:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adams, Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper and 6 more	92 min
May 30, 2:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden and 5 more	2 hr
May 30, 3:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more	7 hr
May 30, 6:20 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more	85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.