Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 4 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 16 May 2026 at 02:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 3rd strongest of the 69 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 7 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 8:38PM CDT until May 15 at 9:15PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
Nearby, since 16 March 2026
- May 16, 2026 · score 43 · 23.7 km
How we know
Confirmed by 4 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 22 out of 100, at 69 % 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 | 69% |
| Coordinates | 40.5660, -97.4060 |
| Nearest City | Lincoln (67 km) |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-16T01:38:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.41081821dda602044239dc34a25335b2 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Fillmore, NE; Saline, NE; Seward, NE |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 8:38PM CDT until May 15 at 9:15PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE |
| Expires | 2026-05-15T21:15:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Hastings NE |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 2 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.41081821dda602044239dc34a25335b265c39d35.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7b46486fc51d2fe07f35a833ab2c5e0f9beee2fa.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | H |
| Iem Magnitude | 0.75 |
| Iem Unit | INCH |
| Iem City | STRANG |
| Iem County | FILLMORE NE |
| Iem State | |
| Iem Wfo | GID |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_H_40.330_-97.110_1778888100000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778888100000,"latitude":40.33,"longitude":-97.11},{"id":"iem_H_40.340_-97.570_1778891280000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778891280000,"latitude":40.34,"longitude":-97.57},{"id":"iem_H_40.410_-97.590_1778889000000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778889000000,"latitude":40.41,"longitude":-97.59}] |
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 22/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.