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 18 May 2026 at 20:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 12th strongest of the 49 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 9 April 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 6 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 2:08PM CDT until May 18 at 3:00PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE
Nearby, since 9 April 2026
- May 18, 2026 · score 46 · 5.0 km
- July 4, 2026 · score 46 · 13.7 km
- July 4, 2026 · score 46 · 14.8 km
How we know
One source: NOAA. Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 22 out of 100, at 59 % 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 | 59% |
| Coordinates | 39.7146, -97.3686 |
| Nearest City | Junction City (89 km) |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-18T19:08:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5e77d34fafec3c8a44e64d662a40dd94 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Gage, NE; Jefferson, NE; Ottawa, KS; Cloud, KS; Republic, KS; Washington, KS |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 2:08PM CDT until May 18 at 3:00PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE |
| Expires | 2026-05-18T15:00:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Omaha/Valley NE |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 3 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5e77d34fafec3c8a44e64d662a40dd94287f386b.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e310d0db036a889c83a5b0abeee9cf003b733312.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.80d70e7c7a17c282cf841ae28defa1b17fae1c29.001.1"] |
Safety Information
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Series begins 8 March 2026. Comparisons refer to that period only. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.
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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.