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 17 May 2026 at 01:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 19th strongest of the 72 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 4 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 16 at 7:10PM CDT until May 16 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
Nearby, since 15 March 2026
- May 23, 2026 · score 22 · 22.2 km
How we know
Confirmed by 2 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 22 out of 100, at 64 % 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 | 64% |
| Coordinates | 40.3136, -100.1808 |
| Nearest City | North Platte (103 km) |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Date | 2026-05-17 — time not reported by the source |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.412d8f48f9ec311cfd54bbf269176442 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Greeley, NE; Valley, NE; Dawson, NE; Thomas, KS and 11 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 16 at 7:10PM CDT until May 16 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE |
| Expires | 2026-05-16T20:00:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Hastings NE |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 17 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.412d8f48f9ec311cfd54bbf269176442d1850be2.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2255147c9270160730fe080f157c67943255b5d0.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.239c2300bcf8ca5e0673fcb34079a1e0b95ad5de.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.368a7824976342441042a0fab764fba8879591f7.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9ba7c88a4641dca22e98a8c562ceac9e5666741c.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7a322d5a3046de79edadffd1168f58b5f1324038.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5d2f55437eb5d1355280cd67d5b8d7c33d0008e7.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.00a8896306019eab3a2e760b514c888400a774c2.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c3e8d18e257bd23290334da3f17424e0849f6003.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.596c635d10a31d4675de265923675d0dc3da8d6c.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ec36ca4cff336345ddb687c12e87d10bcc264e3a.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.09919a3de1a48f3d5386b39d49cf459816b5520b.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3a85960827275d8ed6a5cd9ff891623d8e0f0d5c.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.66f715d2e6fae34d54903b31bb5a7def0fbc040d.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.512b55667780e4a5aae47fb42de271eda03a83fd.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7955fda4dabf500e98930ee977441f2fc450fde5.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.65172b20901acfb7ddd8273958e5050371588bf8.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | H |
| Iem Magnitude | 1 |
| Iem Unit | Inch |
| Iem City | 6 W Lexington |
| Iem County | Dawson |
| Iem State | NE |
| Iem Wfo | GID |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_H_40.780_-99.850_1778975880000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778975880000,"latitude":40.78,"longitude":-99.85}] |
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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.