Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 22

Severe Weather in United States

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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 23 May 2026 at 02:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 9th strongest of the 27 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 22 at 8:24PM CDT until May 22 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX

Nearby, since 15 March 2026

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

TypeSevere Weather
SeverityMedium
Calamity Score (ours)22 / 100
Our confidence64%
Coordinates34.6262, -101.5939
Nearest CityPlainview (51 km)
Impact Tierminor
Timestamp2026-05-23T01:24:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6a262119fbd8a3c363679ee763564d2d

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
0
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSevere Thunderstorm Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyObserved
AreaDescBriscoe, TX; Childress, TX; Cottle, TX; Hall, TX; Motley, TX; Potter, TX; Randall, TX; Fisher, TX; Jones, TX and 5 more areas
HeadlineSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued May 22 at 8:24PM CDT until May 22 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
Expires2026-05-22T21:00:00-05:00
SenderNameNWS Lubbock TX
HasExactCoordstrue
MergedCount9
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Iem TypeSummaryW
Iem City3 NE Hart
Iem CountyCastro
Iem StateTX
Iem WfoLUB
Iem RemarkSpotter report of a landspout.
MergedSources[{"id":"iem_W_34.420_-102.070_1779491340000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779491340000,"latitude":34.42,"longitude":-102.07}]

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 22/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.