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Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, August 2023
35 mesoscale discussions in August 2023. 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 August 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 35
- Busiest day
- August 4, 20235 mesoscale discussions
Over time
By day
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins | 86 min |
| Aug 2, 5:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Linn, Miami | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan, Rawlins and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Clark, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 20 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:20 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 30 more | 115 min |
| Aug 4, 3:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Wallace | 83 min |
| Aug 4, 9:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins, Smith | 96 min |
| Aug 4, 11:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chautauqua, Comanche, Cowley, Elk and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 7:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Labette, Montgomery and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley and 12 more | 83 min |
| Aug 5, 7:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cloud, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Jewell and 14 more | 84 min |
| Aug 5, 9:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Grant, Meade, Morton and 3 more | 113 min |
| Aug 5, 10:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Chase, Dickinson, Elk, Ellsworth, Geary and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk and 6 more | 115 min |
| Aug 7, 2:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Finney, Gove, Graham and 20 more | 115 min |
| Aug 7, 9:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney and 24 more | 117 min |
| Aug 7, 11:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray and 6 more | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 2:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 6:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 8:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant and 13 more | 84 min |
| Aug 9, 2:37 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Edwards and 21 more | 113 min |
| Aug 9, 3:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Labette | 114 min |
| Aug 11, 11:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary, Lincoln and 10 more | 113 min |
| Aug 11, 3:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 8 more | 89 min |
| Aug 11, 5:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Doniphan | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 2:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Meade and 4 more | 118 min |
| Aug 12, 5:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Morton and 3 more | 56 min |
| Aug 13, 2:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 36 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Harper and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Cloud, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney and 26 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 7:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth and 27 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth and 5 more | 3 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rawlins County12
- Sherman County10
- Thomas County10
- Wallace County10
- Graham County10
- Cheyenne County9
- Decatur County8
- Norton County8
- Logan County8
- Gove County8
- Greeley County7
- Hamilton County7
- Kearny County7
- Stanton County7
- Wichita County7
- Finney County7
- Gray County7
- Hodgeman County7
- Lane County7
- Meade County7
- Ness County7
- Phillips County7
- Rush County7
- Sheridan County7
- Trego County7
- Ellsworth County7
- Lincoln County7
- Mitchell County7
- Grant County7
- Barton County6
- Clark County6
- Ellis County6
- Rooks County6
- Russell County6
- Smith County6
- Cloud County6
- Republic County6
- Riley County6
- Scott County6
- Elk County6
65 more counties
- Edwards County5
- Osborne County5
- Pawnee County5
- Dickinson County5
- Geary County5
- McPherson County5
- Marion County5
- Marshall County5
- Ottawa County5
- Pottawatomie County5
- Rice County5
- Saline County5
- Barber County5
- Chautauqua County5
- Comanche County5
- Kingman County5
- Labette County5
- Montgomery County5
- Pratt County5
- Wilson County5
- Ford County4
- Kiowa County4
- Stafford County4
- Clay County4
- Greenwood County4
- Harvey County4
- Jackson County4
- Leavenworth County4
- Morris County4
- Harper County4
- Reno County4
- Sumner County4
- Cherokee County4
- Haskell County4
- Jewell County4
- Seward County4
- Nemaha County4
- Atchison County3
- Chase County3
- Jefferson County3
- Wabaunsee County3
- Washington County3
- Woodson County3
- Wyandotte County3
- Butler County3
- Cowley County3
- Sedgwick County3
- Crawford County3
- Neosho County3
- Morton County3
- Stevens County3
- Doniphan County3
- Anderson County2
- Allen County2
- Douglas County2
- Johnson County2
- Lyon County2
- Shawnee County2
- Brown County2
- Linn County1
- Miami County1
- Coffey County1
- Franklin County1
- Osage County1
- Bourbon County1
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Sources
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