Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 15 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 18 May 2026 at 05:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 4th strongest of the 25 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. One more was recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 11:52PM CDT until May 18 at 12:15AM CDT by NWS La Crosse WI
An estimated 139,319 people live within 50 km of this point.
Nearby, since 15 March 2026
- July 2, 2026 · score 22 · 16.7 km
- September 2, 2026 · score 49 · 19.0 km
- May 18, 2026 · score 43 · 20.0 km
How we know
One source: NOAA. Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 43 out of 100, at 80 % 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) | 43 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 80% |
| Coordinates | 43.7719, -91.9541 |
| Nearest City | Winona (40 km) |
| Population Exposed | 139.3K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Date | 2026-05-18 — time not reported by the source |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.13a77bb99a8642a3ced086cd8bd6d518 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Fillmore, MN; Wabasha, MN; Winona, MN; Winneshiek, IA |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 11:52PM CDT until May 18 at 12:15AM CDT by NWS La Crosse WI |
| Expires | 2026-05-18T00:15:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS La Crosse WI |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 2 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.13a77bb99a8642a3ced086cd8bd6d51871a5f492.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bca177093e2f8bc808c49d2a1175c62a609dca9d.001.1"] |
Safety Information
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Series begins 8 March 2026. Comparisons refer to that period only. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.
This data is aggregated algorithmically from scientific sources. Not a replacement for official emergency warnings.
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Calamity.live data shows a weather event with CalamityScore 43/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.