Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 34

Severe Weather in United States

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Right now

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 3 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 24 May 2026 at 01:45 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 2nd strongest of the 35 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 March 2026. The last comparable one was on 23 May 2026. 5 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 23 at 7:49PM CDT until May 23 at 8:45PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX

An estimated 20,919 people live within 50 km of this point.

How we know

One source: NOAA. Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.

Our own score for this event is 34 out of 100, at 79 % 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

TypeSevere Weather
SeverityMedium
Calamity Score (ours)34 / 100
Our confidence79%
Coordinates34.6135, -101.6925
Nearest CityPlainview (48 km)
Population Exposed20.9K within 50 km
Impact Tiersignificant
Timestamp2026-05-24T00:49:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.62c2889c7bde006ee4dcc4ecd9d02312

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
40
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSevere Thunderstorm Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyObserved
AreaDescLamb, TX; Borden, TX; Armstrong, TX; Carson, TX; Deaf Smith, TX; Hutchinson, TX; Moore, TX; Oldham, TX; Potter, TX; Randall, TX and 1 more areas
HeadlineSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued May 23 at 7:49PM CDT until May 23 at 8:45PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
Expires2026-05-23T20:45:00-05:00
SenderNameNWS Lubbock TX
HasExactCoordstrue
MergedCount4
MergedIds["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.62c2889c7bde006ee4dcc4ecd9d023127d15fe4e.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0c37d8e4787218a9f0ba931c8326ec867897a441.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c6f4524e84a6f64bc3e29ae07467159d0110ac7e.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bca2d9cf3e24fc9c01a0d1986b932e1eb26af246.001.1"]

Safety Information

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Series begins 8 March 2026. Comparisons refer to that period only. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.

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 34/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.