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Storm Mode / Tracked area

Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma

Wall mode

0 warnings total · 0 tornado warnings · 0 alerts including watches and advisories

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Warnings in area

0 of 0 alerts

No active alerts reported by the current feed in this monitoring area.

Watched places

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Layers

Map

NWS’s polygons as issued, or the zones a zone-issued alert names; SPC’s watches by their counties. Checked . Data: NOAA/NWS, NOAA/SPC.

Agency warning geometry · no observed imagery displayed
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Interactive imagery loads separately. Missing radar does not remove warnings or imply clear weather.

Alert outlines: NOAA/NWS; cell points/observed segments: IEM/NEXRAD. A warning polygon is not a tornado footprint.

Lightning activity — GOES GLM

Total lightning, including in-cloud activity. Not ground-strike locations or a safe-to-go-outside signal.

Cached lightning observations have not loaded. An empty map is not zero lightning.

Cached lightning source details and text readings

Snow analysis — NOHRSC

Source-rendered snow depth and snow water equivalent for the lower 48. History changes this snow picture only; warnings and radar keep their own clocks.

Stored snow depth · footprint valid 2026-10-18 06:00:00 UTC, picture retrieved 2026-10-18 12:23:04.796 UTC.

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  • 394 - 787 in
NOHRSC snow analysis for the lower 48; see the adjacent source legend and time qualification
NOAA/NWS/NOHRSC’s original picture and legend. No station or address value is inferred.

NOHRSC footprint times are metadata; pixel analysis time is not independently verified. Snow-depth pixels have previously differed from the footprint time. This is modeled/assimilated snow analysis, not a measurement at a place. Unshaded and no-data areas do not establish zero snow.

Snow pictures, retained history and source provenance

Change time or forecast product

Replay uses retained source bytes. Recording begins with activation; missing history is not clear weather.

Live sources keep independent clocks.

Replay coverage and interpretation

Rolling target: 24 hours; cells: six hours. Radar: NOAA MRMS national overview, 8-minute tolerance. Satellite: original GOES GeoColor day/night picture, hourly sampling, 75-minute tolerance. No interpolation or latest-image fallback. Warning and source checks retain their own clocks. “Recorded by” is collector acquisition evidence, not exact browser publication history.

Current GLM density, velocity and specialist layers are hidden during replay. Snow uses retained footprint metadata with unverified pixel time. Forecast uses one pinned issuance/run and exact valid time.

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Radar-derived cells (1) · current

Collector checked ; feed generated . Zero cells does not establish coverage or clear weather. Observations from different radars are not merged.

  1. DDC / A0 · scan 2026-10-18T12:42:02Z · current
Station and river observations (132)

Surface source current; observed water-level source current. Each reading keeps its own time. Map markers show at most 500 stations and 500 gauges; the complete source directory is paginated.

Circle: surface station; square: water-level gauge. Filled: current reading and source; hollow: stale, unconfirmed or missing observation. Marker color is not a hazard category. Enable “Stations and gauges” in Layers to inspect them on the map.

Showing 100 of 132 listed sources. All surface stations and retained trends · All supported gauges and forecasts

Inspector

Choose a warning, cell or place

Select a row or map feature for its official details. Overlapping features offer a choice; all peer warnings remain in the list.

Recent source changes

Recording coverage and limits
  • warnings: retained from 2026-10-17T12:51:48.607Z through 2026-10-18T12:51:03.304Z
  • outlooks: retained from 2026-10-17T12:51:48.607Z through 2026-10-18T12:50:06.016Z
  • hydro: retained from 2026-10-17T12:51:48.607Z through 2026-10-18T12:45:07.092Z
  • analysis: retained from 2026-10-17T12:51:48.607Z through 2026-10-18T12:45:10.349Z
  • winter: retained from 2026-10-17T12:51:48.607Z through 2026-10-18T12:38:05.100Z

Source-message history is not recorded imagery replay. Recorded radar/satellite imagery is not available in this view.

Checks every minute; each layer keeps its own time.

Analysis and model context

Current cached context, independently dated. Regional reference: KS; a reference within a wider monitoring area does not replace the complete warning geography. This section remains separate from the historical replay cursor and official cyclone forecast. Use Forecast to pin a retained model package.

Soundings: what weather balloons measured

SPC’s skew-T diagram and hodograph of the sounding at Great Falls, MT (TFX), 00Z. Its levels are in the table below.
Observed Sounding at Great Falls, MT (TFX), for (12 h 51 min ago). SPC’s graphic; the values in its panels (CAPE, shear, the indices) are SPC’s computations from these levels. Data: NOAA/SPC.

A balloon launched about an hour before the time named, measuring as it rose and drifted with the wind: the atmosphere above one place, at one time. Model soundings, which are forecasts, are not shown here.

The levels this sounding was drawn from (60)
Great Falls, MT (TFX): the surface first, then up through the atmosphere. Temperature and dew point in °C, as measured.
PressureHeightTemperatureDew pointWind
884 mb1134 m21.4-3.6230° 26 kt
873 mb1241 m20.8-2.2—
856 mb1409 m19.2-3.1235° 40 kt
850 mb1469 m18.6-3.4235° 40 kt
824 mb1732 m16.0-4.3235° 40 kt
792 mb2068 m12.6-5.4—
771 mb2293 m10.6-7.4—
700 mb3088 m4.4-10.6260° 49 kt
684 mb3276 m3.8-11.8265° 56 kt
674 mb3395 m3.9-13.5265° 60 kt
651 mb3677 m4.2-20.8—
633 mb3903 m2.5-20.9265° 57 kt
623 mb4031 m1.6-22.1260° 57 kt
610 mb4200 m0.4-24.4260° 57 kt
598 mb4359 m-0.7-26.7—
565 mb4809 m-3.7-25.7—
555 mb4949 m-4.7-30.5255° 61 kt
542 mb5135 m-5.9-36.9—
532 mb5280 m-7.0-35.1255° 62 kt
511 mb5593 m-9.3-31.3255° 62 kt
500 mb5760 m-10.9-30.9255° 61 kt
488 mb5947 m-11.8-31.9255° 64 kt
471 mb6218 m-13.9-32.9—
458 mb6431 m-15.5-37.5—
441 mb6716 m-17.7-39.7—
425 mb6992 m-20.1-40.3250° 64 kt
413 mb7205 m-21.8-42.7250° 66 kt
400 mb7440 m-23.9-43.9250° 66 kt
390 mb7623 m-24.9-43.8250° 65 kt
373 mb7945 m-26.9-46.9—
362 mb8160 m-28.5-48.5—
351 mb8378 m-30.5-48.7245° 68 kt
338 mb8645 m-32.9-48.9—
325 mb8918 m-34.9-50.9245° 70 kt
302 mb9424 m-38.9-50.5235° 68 kt
300 mb9470 m-39.3-50.3235° 69 kt
258 mb10479 m-48.1-54.1245° 71 kt
250 mb10690 m-49.9-54.9240° 72 kt
230 mb11232 m-53.5-57.6—
216 mb11635 m-56.7-60.4—
202 mb12058 m-59.7-63.6—
200 mb12120 m-60.5-64.0225° 75 kt
187 mb12535 m-63.7-66.8—
175 mb12938 m-66.7-69.0225° 79 kt
164 mb13328 m-69.3-71.1—
150 mb13860 m-69.3-72.6250° 93 kt
139 mb14318 m-66.1-72.1255° 90 kt
129 mb14770 m-64.5-72.5255° 82 kt
119 mb15261 m-64.9-73.9—
108 mb15851 m-65.2-76.0260° 84 kt
100 mb16320 m-63.3-76.3265° 82 kt
89 mb17043 m-60.3-75.8265° 68 kt
78 mb17866 m-61.3-77.9210° 18 kt
67 mb18815 m-58.3-77.8230° 46 kt
56 mb19952 m-56.6-79.0295° 24 kt
46 mb21192 m-59.1-84.4260° 8 kt
35 mb22855 m-54.9-82.9—
25 mb25077 m-54.0-82.0300° 9 kt
15 mb28382 m-48.5-77.5250° 6 kt
7 mb33594 m-44.7-66.7—
Every station with a sounding (76)

SPC observed soundings checked · Data: NOAA/SPC

Spotlight: SPC Day 1 outlook

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SPC Day 1 outlook

  • General Thunderstorms Risk

SPC’s Day 1 categorical outlook, valid to , issued . SPC’s categories, as drawn. Data: NOAA/SPC.

Watches

No tornado or severe thunderstorm watch in force in this area.

SPC’s watches, by number, matched by the counties they list. Data: NOAA/SPC.

Mesoscale discussions

No mesoscale discussion reaches this area.

SPC’s mesoscale discussions whose outline reaches the area. Data: NOAA/SPC.

Storm ingredients

SPC’s hourly mesoanalysis, observed soundings and model guidance for the area, on the Analysis tab with its own clocks.

Open the Analysis tab

Drawn by the Analysis tab’s own renderer. Data: NOAA/SPC, NOAA/NCEP.

Flash-flood risk, Day 1

  • Marginal

WPC’s excessive rainfall outlook, to , issued : a chance of flash flooding, in four categories. Data: NOAA/WPC.

River gauges in flood

No river, coastal or lake gauge in this area is in flood, observed or forecast; 1 gauge at action stage.

NWS’s gauges at flood stage or above in the area, worst first, each with its forecast hydrograph on Rain & rivers. Data: NOAA/NWPS.

Rain expected and rain that fell

WPC’s rain forecast and MRMS’s radar estimate of the rain that fell, on the Briefing’s map for the area.

Open Rain & rivers

Data: NOAA/WPC, NOAA/NSSL MRMS.

Winter Storm Severity Index

WPC: “WSSI does not depict official warnings and should always be used in context with official NWS forecasts and warnings.”

  • Winter Weather Area
  • Minor Impacts
  • Moderate Impacts
  • Major Impacts
  • Extreme Impacts

Highest in this area, by day and by cause

Day 1
nothing drawn
Day 2
nothing drawn
Day 3
nothing drawn
Snow amount, Days 1–3
nothing drawn
Snow load, Days 1–3
nothing drawn
Ice, Days 1–3
nothing drawn
Blowing snow, Days 1–3
nothing drawn

Each day and cause on the Winter tab, with its own issue time

WPC’s WSSI, overall impact, Days 1–3, valid to , issued . WPC issues each day and cause on its own clock. Not a warning, and not a chance. Data: NOAA/NWS/WPC.

Chance of Moderate impacts or worse, Day 1

WPC: “WSSI does not depict official warnings and should always be used in context with official NWS forecasts and warnings.”

  • 5–10%
  • 10–20%
  • 20–30%
  • 30–40%
  • 40–50%
  • 50–60%
  • 60–70%
  • 70–80%
  • 80–90%
  • 90–95%
  • 95% or more

Each level and day on the Winter tab

WPC’s WSSI-P: no chance drawn for Day 1. Data: NOAA/NWS/WPC.

Chance of at least 4 inches of snow, Day 1

WPC gives no chance of 4 inches of snow or more in this area over the next three days, so Day 1’s 4 inches is shown.

  • Slight: at least 10%
  • Moderate: at least 40%
  • High: at least 70%

Every day and amount on the Winter tab

WPC’s Probabilistic Winter Precipitation Forecast, to , issued . Outlines, as WPC draws them. Data: NOAA/NWS/WPC.

Winter watches, warnings and advisories

No winter or cold watch, warning or advisory in force in this area.

NWS’s winter and cold alerts in force in the area, by event as issued, each counted once, with the offices that issued them and the latest end. Data: NOAA/NWS.

Snow on the ground

NOHRSC snow depth and snow water equivalent use the source’s original pictures and legends, with qualified footprint times. Open the cached source page for availability and retained history. This wall has no snow picture to rotate; missing imagery does not mean no snow.

NOHRSC snow analysis and retained pictures

Data: NOAA/NWS/NOHRSC. Snow analysis, not a measurement at a place.

WPC’s heavy snow and icing discussion

The whole discussion

Issued , for to . WPC’s words, as written. Data: NOAA/NWS/WPC.

The tropics

NHC’s and JTWC’s storms, their official graphics and the watches and warnings for them. Storm Mode’s own tropical panels arrive with its tropical events.

Open the Tropics page

Data: NOAA/NHC, JTWC.

Radar

NOAA’s radar for the area, loaded by your browser as on the Radar page.

Open the radar

Live tiles; the radar keeps no last-good copy.

What changed, last 60 minutes

  1. SPC Day 1 outlook issued

The products’ own words and times, and what is no longer in force since the last read. Never written by AI.

Monitoring area, legacy alert summary and selection rules
Area
Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma (NWS states: KS, NE, OK)
Hazards
Every kind of warning, watch and advisory this site carries
Window
In force now, with the next days of SPC’s and WPC’s products
Made by
This address: anyone can make one, and nothing is stored. Change the area or hazards

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In force in this area

No warning, watch or advisory for these hazards is in force in this area.

NWS’s alerts checked : a successful check, so this is none in force, not “can’t tell”.

Sources

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