Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 6 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 15 May 2026 at 23:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 17th 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. 3 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 5:27PM CDT until May 15 at 6:15PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
Nearby, since 15 March 2026
- May 15, 2026 · score 22 · 15.7 km
- May 26, 2026 · score 22 · 16.5 km
- May 18, 2026 · score 46 · 18.5 km
How we know
One source: NOAA. Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 16 out of 100, at 60 % 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) | 16 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 60% |
| Coordinates | 43.3285, -94.8055 |
| Nearest City | Fort Dodge (106 km) |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Date | 2026-05-15 — time not reported by the source |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5fcf96abd42d95ff827db3e530bb6eca |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Emmet, IA; Palo Alto, IA; Clay, IA; Dickinson, IA |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 5:27PM CDT until May 15 at 6:15PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA |
| Expires | 2026-05-15T18:15:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Des Moines IA |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 2 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5fcf96abd42d95ff827db3e530bb6eca10d1a664.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.79cd662845c33fd10e8aadabb631790ecae63822.001.1"] |
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 16/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.