Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 11 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 19 May 2026 at 04:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 3rd strongest of the 33 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 17 April 2026. The last comparable one was on 5 May 2026. One more was recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 10:43PM CDT until May 18 at 11:30PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS
Nearby, since 17 April 2026
- August 7, 2026 · score 22 · 11.9 km
- September 2, 2026 · score 37 · 13.4 km
- June 26, 2026 · score 22 · 13.4 km
How we know
Confirmed by 10 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 22 out of 100, at 70 % 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 | 70% |
| Coordinates | 37.7492, -96.7494 |
| Nearest City | Derby (51 km) |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-19T03:43:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.811b262dfccc8944a32d8b086860c0c7 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Sumner, KS; Coffey, KS; Lyon, KS |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 10:43PM CDT until May 18 at 11:30PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS |
| Expires | 2026-05-18T23:30:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Wichita KS |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 2 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.811b262dfccc8944a32d8b086860c0c7e78d9534.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8c43c330ee51568bdfeb41ec87eebe3fdd703e63.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | G |
| Iem Magnitude | 59 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | 3 ESE Bel Aire |
| Iem County | Sedgwick |
| Iem State | KS |
| Iem Wfo | ICT |
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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.