Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 3 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 13 September 2026 at 01:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 27th strongest of the 38 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 2 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 12 at 8:14PM CDT until September 12 at 8:30PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS
Nearby, since 15 March 2026
- September 13, 2026 · score 28 · 1.5 km
- September 13, 2026 · score 28 · 22.6 km
How we know
2 recorded sources include NOAA; independence is not established by this count.
Our own score for this event is 16 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 v4. Rows carrying other versions were judged by different rules and are not directly comparable.
Event Data
| Type | Severe Weather |
| Severity | Medium |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 16 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.66/1 |
| Coordinates | 37.4223, -98.3391 |
| Nearest City | Hutchinson (80 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 0 within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-09-13T01:14:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.36f334268d43dcf264417a236243fc05d4e0934c.001.1 |
Physical priority index · v4 (historical). 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: noaa. Occurrence: 2026-09-13T01:14:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-09-13T01:17:48.274Z. Material modification: not recorded.
Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Harper, KS; Kingman, KS; Barber, KS; Pratt, KS |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 12 at 8:14PM CDT until September 12 at 8:30PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS |
| Expires | 2026-09-12T20:30:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Wichita KS |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 2 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.36f334268d43dcf264417a236243fc05d4e0934c.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bbc3cff0e4d52f090c2473b4f08e630f5f311be0.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | H |
| Iem Magnitude | 0.75 |
| Iem Unit | Inch |
| Iem City | 5 SSW Zenda |
| Iem County | Harper |
| Iem State | KS |
| Iem Wfo | ICT |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_H_37.380_-98.310_1789261320000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1789261320000,"latitude":37.38,"longitude":-98.31}] |
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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