Alert archive / Kansas / Mesoscale Discussions / 2011
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, May 2011
58 mesoscale discussions in May 2011. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 58
- Busiest day
- May 24, 20117 mesoscale discussions
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Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin and 6 more | 95 min |
| May 11, 7:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Meade, Seward, Stevens | 60 min |
| May 11, 11:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 22 more | 84 min |
| May 11, 1:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gove and 25 more | 84 min |
| May 11, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Cherokee and 25 more | 48 min |
| May 11, 6:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 9 more | 88 min |
| May 11, 6:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Labette | 55 min |
| May 11, 7:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 84 min |
| May 11, 8:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Nemaha | 59 min |
| May 12, 4:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Douglas, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn and 2 more | 66 min |
| May 12, 6:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee | 90 min |
| May 12, 9:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown | 59 min |
| May 17, 5:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton and 5 more | 61 min |
| May 18, 10:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cheyenne and 60 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 1:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Comanche, Cowley, Dickinson and 26 more | 63 min |
| May 19, 2:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Finney, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more | 66 min |
| May 19, 3:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Clark, Clay, Cloud and 40 more | 61 min |
| May 19, 5:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 37 more | 2 hr |
| May 19, 6:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Marshall, Nemaha, Washington | 97 min |
| May 19, 8:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 29 more | 118 min |
| May 19, 11:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 29 more | 2 hr |
| May 20, 9:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Douglas and 9 more | 2 hr |
| May 20, 1:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Comanche, Edwards, Ellsworth, Jewell and 11 more | 113 min |
| May 20, 6:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards and 27 more | 59 min |
| May 21, 2:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Geary and 18 more | 87 min |
| May 21, 5:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Doniphan | 65 min |
| May 21, 7:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Barton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 30 more | 57 min |
| May 22, 10:53 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Franklin, Johnson, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 2 hr |
| May 22, 1:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 2 more | 114 min |
| May 22, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford | 117 min |
| May 22, 6:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford | 65 min |
| May 22, 7:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford | 53 min |
| May 23, 5:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk and 6 more | 113 min |
| May 23, 5:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford and 7 more | 94 min |
| May 23, 7:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 3 more | 97 min |
| May 23, 12:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Labette | 93 min |
| May 23, 4:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Chase, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harper and 6 more | 97 min |
| May 24, 2:24 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Hodgeman and 12 more | 96 min |
| May 24, 6:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Edwards and 25 more | 54 min |
| May 24, 9:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Chase, Clay and 28 more | 87 min |
| May 24, 10:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 83 min |
| May 24, 12:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford and 26 more | 91 min |
| May 24, 2:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 27 more | 85 min |
| May 24, 5:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jewell, Lincoln and 11 more | 57 min |
| May 24, 7:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth and 3 more | 53 min |
| May 24, 9:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Chase, Clay, Coffey, Cowley, Elk and 17 more | 64 min |
| May 28, 2:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler and 44 more | 85 min |
| May 28, 6:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Coffey, Crawford and 6 more | 84 min |
| May 28, 6:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Coffey and 11 more | 116 min |
| May 28, 9:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greeley | 2 hr |
| May 29, 1:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary and 13 more | 2 hr |
| May 29, 3:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellsworth and 6 more | 95 min |
| May 29, 4:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Brown, Clark, Clay, Cloud and 34 more | 24 min |
| May 29, 6:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 29 more | 115 min |
| May 29, 9:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Republic | 96 min |
| May 30, 3:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Edwards, Ellis, Ford, Gove, Graham and 12 more | 87 min |
| May 30, 8:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Cloud, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Ford and 24 more | 92 min |
| May 30, 10:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Dickinson and 22 more | 2 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Edwards County20
- Rush County20
- Lincoln County19
- Mitchell County19
- Pawnee County19
- Barton County19
- Saline County18
- Stafford County18
- Ellsworth County18
- Ottawa County17
- Kiowa County17
- Osborne County17
- Rice County17
- Clay County16
- Cloud County16
- Dickinson County16
- Republic County16
- Pratt County16
- Comanche County15
- Ellis County15
- McPherson County15
- Reno County15
- Russell County15
- Jewell County15
- Cherokee County14
- Barber County14
- Geary County13
- Washington County13
- Ford County13
- Ness County13
- Crawford County13
- Rooks County13
- Smith County13
- Bourbon County12
- Wabaunsee County12
- Riley County12
- Wilson County12
- Hodgeman County12
- Harvey County12
- Kingman County12
65 more counties
- Linn County11
- Marion County11
- Woodson County11
- Labette County11
- Harper County11
- Allen County10
- Coffey County10
- Johnson County10
- Greenwood County10
- Morris County10
- Clark County10
- Trego County10
- Neosho County10
- Sedgwick County10
- Anderson County9
- Shawnee County9
- Butler County9
- Chase County9
- Elk County9
- Lyon County9
- Marshall County9
- Nemaha County9
- Pottawatomie County9
- Wyandotte County9
- Sumner County9
- Douglas County8
- Miami County8
- Osage County8
- Jackson County8
- Leavenworth County8
- Chautauqua County8
- Montgomery County8
- Franklin County7
- Sheridan County7
- Sherman County7
- Brown County7
- Jefferson County7
- Graham County7
- Cowley County7
- Gove County6
- Greeley County6
- Thomas County6
- Wichita County6
- Atchison County6
- Doniphan County6
- Norton County6
- Phillips County6
- Meade County5
- Gray County5
- Kearny County5
- Lane County5
- Scott County5
- Wallace County5
- Cheyenne County5
- Decatur County5
- Stevens County4
- Finney County4
- Hamilton County4
- Logan County4
- Rawlins County4
- Seward County3
- Grant County3
- Haskell County3
- Stanton County3
- Morton County2
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.