Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 7 minutes ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.
Nothing else has been detected within 20 km in the last 24 hours.
This alert expired on 24 May 2026 at 05:48 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
No stronger detection stands among the 18 recorded within 20 km of this point since 1 April 2026 — 11 others scored the same. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 6 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 24 at 12:38AM CDT until May 24 at 12:45AM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
How we know
Confirmed by 5 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 22 out of 100, at 70 % confidence.
The score is ours, computed from intensity, exposed population and local history — not the source’s.
Computed under scoring rules v1. Rows carrying other versions were judged by different rules and are not directly comparable.
Event Data
| Type | Severe Weather |
| Severity | Medium |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 22 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 70% |
| Coordinates | 33.8183, -100.1143 |
| Nearest City | Altus (116 km) |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-24T05:38:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.075f6daa8cd2b27364807dcdb26f409a |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Dickens, TX; King, TX; Cottle, TX; King, TX; Jackson, OK; Baylor, TX; Foard, TX; Hardeman, TX; Knox, TX; Wilbarger, TX |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 24 at 12:38AM CDT until May 24 at 12:45AM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX |
| Expires | 2026-05-24T00:48:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Lubbock TX |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 3 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.075f6daa8cd2b27364807dcdb26f409afca6635c.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8ba005061041229fbf110b212c00fa88eb1e8129.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.baa01bb6388b7b18b3b155fe1889f418d3ac25ef.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | G |
| Iem Magnitude | 64 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | 2 SSE Hackberry |
| Iem County | Cottle |
| Iem State | TX |
| Iem Wfo | LUB |
| Iem Remark | Measured by the West Texas Mesonet. Severe gusts also occurred at 12:18 and 12:20 AM. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_G_33.570_-100.480_1779598740000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779598740000,"latitude":33.57,"longitude":-100.48},{"id":"iem_G_33.890_-100.400_1779598620000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779598620000,"latitude":33.89,"longitude":-100.4},{"id":"iem_G_33.940_-100.850_1779597660000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779597660000,"latitude":33.94,"longitude":-100.85},{"id":"iem_G_33.900_-100.130_1779599940000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779599940000,"latitude":33.9,"longitude":-100.13}] |
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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Calamity.live data shows a weather event with CalamityScore 22/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.