Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 5 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 18 May 2026 at 00:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 3rd strongest of the 39 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 April 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 6 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 6:55PM CDT until May 17 at 7:30PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS
Nearby, since 15 April 2026
- June 8, 2026 · score 22 · 10.9 km
- May 16, 2026 · score 43 · 22.2 km
How we know
12 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 | 0.69/1 |
| Coordinates | 40.8518, -97.4462 |
| Nearest City | Columbus (65 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 0 within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Date | 2026-05-17 — time not reported by the source |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.852052b75697453c130fb4c11a3fda42 |
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: 2026-05-17 — time not reported.
First archived: 2026-05-17T23:56:22.890Z. 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 | Barton, KS; Ellsworth, KS; Lincoln, KS; Russell, KS; Barton, KS; Cloud, KS; Republic, KS and 14 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 6:55PM CDT until May 17 at 7:30PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS |
| Expires | 2026-05-17T19:30:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Wichita KS |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 17 |
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| Iem TypeSummary | G |
| Iem Magnitude | 53 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | 5 SW Silver Creek |
| Iem County | Merrick |
| Iem State | NE |
| Iem Wfo | GID |
| Google News RssFeed | weather |
| Google News SourceName | Lincoln Journal Star |
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