Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 10 minutes ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.
This alert expired on 19 May 2026 at 01:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 7:42PM CDT until May 18 at 8:15PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
How we know
6 recorded sources include NOAA; independence is not established by this count.
Our own score for this event is 22 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) | 22 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.70/1 |
| Coordinates | 39.5200, -95.9166 |
| Nearest City | Topeka (56 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 0 within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-19T00:42:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7119a98149e3519cb77b2cadb8465b42 |
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: 2026-05-19T00:42:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-05-19T00:44:57.787Z. 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 | Geary, KS; Lyon, KS; Morris, KS; Wabaunsee, KS; Doniphan, KS; Andrew, MO; Holt, MO; Geary, KS; Morris, KS; Wabaunsee, KS and 12 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 7:42PM CDT until May 18 at 8:15PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS |
| Expires | 2026-05-18T20:15:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Topeka KS |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 15 |
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| Iem TypeSummary | G |
| Iem Magnitude | 65 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | 4 S Holton |
| Iem County | Jackson |
| Iem State | KS |
| Iem Wfo | TOP |
| Iem Remark | Measured on a personal weather station. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_G_39.230_-96.570_1779146880000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779146880000,"latitude":39.23,"longitude":-96.57},{"id":"iem_G_39.270_-96.520_1779147660000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779147660000,"latitude":39.27,"longitude":-96.52},{"id":"iem_G_39.230_-96.340_1779148140000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779148140000,"latitude":39.23,"longitude":-96.34},{"id":"iem_T_40.070_-95.820_1779141600000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779141600000,"latitude":40.07,"longitude":-95.82},{"id":"iem_G_39.400_-95.750_1779150360000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779150360000,"latitude":39.4,"longitude":-95.75}] |
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