Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 3 hours 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 15 May 2026 at 23:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
No stronger detection stands among the 67 recorded within 20 km of this point since 1 April 2026 — 31 others scored the same. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 5 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 6:05PM CDT until May 15 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
Urban PEI: 249,042 within a heuristic 50 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 1 April 2026
- June 8, 2026 · score 43 · 10.5 km
- June 1, 2026 · score 43 · 18.0 km
- June 9, 2026 · score 37 · 18.8 km
How we know
6 recorded sources include NOAA; independence is not established by this count.
Our own score for this event is 43 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 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 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.89/1 |
| Coordinates | 33.5196, -102.1549 |
| Nearest City | Lubbock (28 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 249.0K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-15T23:05:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.555a99d4960ea8741aea63cb42ad398b |
Physical priority index · v1. 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: 2026-05-15T23:05:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-05-15T23:09:45.308Z. 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 | Hockley, TX; Lubbock, TX; Lynn, TX; Terry, TX; Dawson, TX; Gaines, TX; Lynn, TX; Terry, TX; Yoakum, TX and 1 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 6:05PM CDT until May 15 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX |
| Expires | 2026-05-15T18:30:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Lubbock TX |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 4 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.555a99d4960ea8741aea63cb42ad398bcad23379.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ce48aa3a80d04cf01357fd3bcc0168a66e65e2ba.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.52bda60f1b71d7944424c0fb124e0c088b44b630.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.de6cbd8299d16ea99775bdd2de5f0ff60cbe3df2.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | N |
| Iem Magnitude | 60 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | 4 E Lubbock |
| Iem County | Lubbock |
| Iem State | TX |
| Iem Wfo | LUB |
| Iem Remark | Dust Devil. WTM station. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_2_33.760_-102.090_1778882100000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778882100000,"latitude":33.76,"longitude":-102.09},{"id":"iem_G_33.730_-102.740_1778878200000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778878200000,"latitude":33.73,"longitude":-102.74},{"id":"iem_G_33.730_-102.190_1778884440000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778884440000,"latitude":33.73,"longitude":-102.19},{"id":"iem_2_33.180_-102.610_1778884260000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778884260000,"latitude":33.18,"longitude":-102.61},{"id":"iem_N_33.590_-101.780_1778873100000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778873100000,"latitude":33.59,"longitude":-101.78}] |
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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