Alert archive / Kansas / Mesoscale Discussions / 2026
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, August 2026
40 mesoscale discussions in August 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 40
- Busiest day
- August 19, 20268 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 5, 9:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Coffey, Crawford and 19 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Grant, Haskell and 5 more | 117 min |
| Aug 6, 10:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Meade, Morton, Seward, Stevens | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay and 24 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 8:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Chase, Cowley, Elk, Geary, Greenwood and 6 more | 96 min |
| Aug 8, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sherman, Wallace | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary and 13 more | 97 min |
| Aug 9, 9:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Jackson and 6 more | 113 min |
| Aug 9, 10:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Sherman | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 7:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne | 119 min |
| Aug 13, 2:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 18 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greeley | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Hamilton and 12 more | 90 min |
| Aug 14, 3:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Harper and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 6:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greeley, Hamilton, Morton, Sherman, Stanton, Wallace | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:13 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Ellsworth and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan, Stanton, Wallace and 1 more | 119 min |
| Aug 18, 5:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Ellsworth, Harvey, McPherson, Marion, Rice and 2 more | 84 min |
| Aug 18, 7:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Clay, Dickinson, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 10:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth and 6 more | 23 min |
| Aug 18, 11:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth and 7 more | 95 min |
| Aug 19, 1:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Finney, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Hamilton and 11 more | 83 min |
| Aug 19, 1:57 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and 1 more | 93 min |
| Aug 19, 3:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte | 67 min |
| Aug 19, 2:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Doniphan | 90 min |
| Aug 19, 3:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gove, Logan, Scott, Thomas | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 7:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 92 min |
| Aug 20, 11:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas | 57 min |
| Aug 21, 1:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Decatur, Geary, Graham, Jewell and 14 more | 115 min |
| Aug 21, 11:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Gove, Greeley, Lane, Logan, Rawlins and 6 more | 89 min |
| Aug 23, 3:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hamilton, Morton, Stanton, Stevens | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 6:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greeley, Hamilton, Stanton, Wallace | 96 min |
| Aug 26, 4:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Norton | 96 min |
| Aug 27, 9:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, Rawlins and 3 more | 89 min |
| Aug 27, 11:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Lane, Ness and 6 more | 83 min |
| Aug 30, 10:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Hamilton and 12 more | 115 min |
| Aug 31, 6:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Greeley, Hamilton, Logan, Rawlins and 4 more | 119 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Decatur County10
- Jefferson County9
- Pottawatomie County9
- Greeley County9
- Hamilton County9
- Thomas County9
- Leavenworth County8
- Sherman County8
- Wallace County8
- Jackson County8
- Cheyenne County8
- Rawlins County8
- Logan County8
- Wabaunsee County7
- Wyandotte County7
- Norton County7
- Scott County7
- Sheridan County7
- Geary County6
- Johnson County6
- Shawnee County6
- Morton County6
- Clay County6
- Riley County6
- Kearny County6
- Lane County6
- Stanton County6
- Gove County6
- Graham County6
- Wichita County6
- Douglas County5
- Miami County5
- Osage County5
- Meade County5
- Seward County5
- Stevens County5
- Cloud County5
- Ottawa County5
- Saline County5
- Atchison County5
63 more counties
- Marshall County5
- Nemaha County5
- Franklin County4
- Morris County4
- Clark County4
- Ford County4
- Lincoln County4
- Doniphan County4
- Finney County4
- Trego County4
- Rooks County4
- Chase County3
- Elk County3
- Greenwood County3
- Lyon County3
- Barber County3
- Comanche County3
- Grant County3
- Haskell County3
- Kiowa County3
- Dickinson County3
- Harvey County3
- McPherson County3
- Marion County3
- Sedgwick County3
- Ellsworth County3
- Mitchell County3
- Brown County3
- Republic County3
- Washington County3
- Ness County3
- Rush County3
- Phillips County3
- Allen County2
- Anderson County2
- Coffey County2
- Linn County2
- Neosho County2
- Wilson County2
- Woodson County2
- Butler County2
- Cowley County2
- Sumner County2
- Edwards County2
- Gray County2
- Pawnee County2
- Pratt County2
- Stafford County2
- Rice County2
- Jewell County2
- Smith County2
- Osborne County2
- Bourbon County1
- Crawford County1
- Chautauqua County1
- Montgomery County1
- Russell County1
- Hodgeman County1
- Harper County1
- Kingman County1
- Reno County1
- Barton County1
- Ellis County1
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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.