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Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, May 2026

44 mesoscale discussions in May 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 May 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
44
Busiest day
May 17, 202611 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 1:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff3 hr
May 14, 3:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Buffalo, Chase, Custer, Dawson, Dundy and 14 more2 hr
May 15, 3:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota and 15 more2 hr
May 15, 7:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota and 13 more2 hr
May 15, 10:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Douglas, Lancaster, Otoe, Saline, Sarpy and 3 more2 hr
May 16, 2:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Dundy, Hayes, Hitchcock, Perkins84 min
May 16, 4:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Buffalo, Butler, Cass, Clay, Colfax and 37 more3 hr
May 16, 7:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dundy, Fillmore, Franklin and 14 more119 min
May 16, 8:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGage, Jefferson, Johnson, Thayer114 min
May 16, 10:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Cass, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Gage and 13 more2 hr
May 17, 12:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGage, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson87 min
May 17, 3:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Buffalo, Custer, Dawson, Greeley, Hall and 7 more97 min
May 17, 11:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Garfield, Holt and 5 more92 min
May 17, 1:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Burt, Cedar and 18 more2 hr
May 17, 2:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Cass, Clay and 33 more60 min
May 17, 3:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Dundy3 hr
May 17, 5:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Butler, Clay, Colfax, Dodge, Fillmore and 18 more62 min
May 17, 6:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota and 16 more67 min
May 17, 9:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNemaha, Richardson90 min
May 18, 11:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCRichardson2 hr
May 18, 3:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Dodge, Douglas and 9 more2 hr
May 18, 5:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Butler, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon and 7 more95 min
May 18, 5:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNemaha, Pawnee, Richardson2 hr
May 21, 3:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill, Scotts Bluff116 min
May 21, 6:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKimball119 min
May 22, 5:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Gage, Johnson and 8 more2 hr
May 23, 1:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Blaine, Chase, Custer, Dawson, Deuel and 14 more3 hr
May 24, 2:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFrontier, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Hitchcock, Phelps and 1 more115 min
May 24, 3:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Cedar, Holt, Knox, Pierce86 min
May 24, 6:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Boone, Boyd, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming and 14 more116 min
May 24, 8:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Knox and 5 more87 min
May 25, 5:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boone, Brown, Buffalo, Chase and 31 more2 hr
May 25, 7:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDakota, Dixon, Thurston92 min
May 29, 6:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDundy, Hitchcock115 min
May 29, 11:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas, Gosper and 6 more92 min
May 30, 2:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Garden and 5 more2 hr
May 30, 3:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Blaine, Chase, Custer, Dundy, Frontier and 12 more114 min
May 30, 6:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more85 min
May 30, 7:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Blaine, Chase, Cherry, Custer, Deuel and 15 more89 min
May 30, 7:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Hall and 6 more2 hr
May 30, 8:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBox Butte, Dawes, Sheridan87 min
May 30, 9:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Garfield, Holt and 9 more95 min
May 30, 9:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Butler, Clay, Fillmore, Gage, Hall and 17 more2 hr
May 31, 3:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCedar, Dakota, Dixon, Knox, Pierce2 hr

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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.