Right now
The most recent data we hold from METEOALARM arrived 14 minutes ago, and this point is in it.
Nothing else has been detected within 20 km in the last 24 hours.
This alert expired on 15 September 2026 at 23:45 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the strongest of the 10 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 1 September 2026. The last comparable one was on 14 September 2026. 8 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
METEOALARM reported: MeteoAlarm carries a moderate warning for Kreis Minden-Lübbecke (heavy thunderstorms with gale- or storm-force gusts and heavy rain). Issued by the national meteorological service of Germany. Placed at Minden, the nearest settlement in the warned area; the warning itself covers the whole area.
Urban PEI: 1,648,697 within a heuristic 50 km radius; not unique people.
How we know
2 recorded sources include METEOALARM; independence is not established by this count.
Our own score for this event is 46 out of 100.
This is our versioned heuristic index, not source severity or a calibrated probability. Urban PEI does not count unique people.
Computed under scoring rules v5. Rows carrying other versions were judged by different rules and are not directly comparable.
Event Data
| Type | Severe Weather |
| Severity | Medium |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 46 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.76/1 |
| Coordinates | 52.2900, 8.9100 |
| Nearest City | Minden (0 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 1.6M within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-09-15T23:00:00.000Z |
| Source | https://meteoalarm.org?region=DE |
Physical priority index · v5. Heuristic priority, not calibrated probability, predictive accuracy or damage. The legacy data-support index combines assigned source support and field availability. Urban PEI is distance-weighted and does not count unique people; zero does not establish that nobody is present. Model cards.
Source and revision timeline
Source: meteoalarm. Occurrence: 2026-09-15T23:00:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-09-15T22:07:09.831Z. Material modification: 2026-09-15T23:35:37.445Z.
Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.
2026-09-15T23:35:37.445Z · data_change
Index 46 → 46; severity medium → medium; version 5 → 5.
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | heavy thunderstorms with gale- or storm-force gusts and heavy rain |
| CapSeverity | Moderate |
| CapCertainty | Likely |
| CapUrgency | Immediate |
| AreaDesc | Kreis Minden-Lübbecke |
| EmmaId | DE131 |
| CountryCode | DE |
| Country | Germany |
| Expires | 2026-09-15T23:45:00+00:00 |
| PlacedAt | Minden |
| Placement | area-name-component |
| Dwd Event | heavy thunderstorms with heavy rain |
| Dwd Level | Moderate |
| Dwd Urgency | Immediate |
| Dwd Certainty | Likely |
| Dwd AreaDesc | polygonal event area |
| Dwd Expires | 2026-09-16T01:45:00+02:00 |
| Dwd Instruction | Hazard(s) caused by: lightning (danger to life!); light objects flying through the air; isolated, rapid flooding of roads and subways; aquaplaning. Recommendations for what to do: Avoid staying outdoors and seek shelter (e.g. in buildings). Avoid being near lakes and rivers Secure loose objects. F |
| Dwd CapIdentifier | 2.49.0.0.276.0.DWD.PVW.1789513860000.c37164df-f024-4d95-8e4d-e8ba61525f94.ENG |
| Dwd Licence | GeoNutzV — Deutscher Wetterdienst, source note required |
Safety Information
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Series begins 8 March 2026. Comparisons refer to that period only. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.
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