Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 36 minutes ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.
3 other detections within 20 km in the last 24 hours, the nearest 26 km from here.
This alert expired on 1 August 2026 at 02:45 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 2nd strongest of the 43 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 27 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 5 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 31 at 9:13PM CDT until July 31 at 9:45PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
Urban PEI: 15,021 within a heuristic 50 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 27 March 2026
- May 15, 2026 · score 40 · 17.9 km
- July 2, 2026 · score 34 · 23.6 km
- July 1, 2026 · score 34 · 25.9 km
How we know
5 recorded sources include NOAA; independence is not established by this count.
Our own score for this event is 34 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) | 34 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.91/1 |
| Coordinates | 34.6046, -102.2939 |
| Nearest City | Hereford (26 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 15.0K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-08-01T02:13:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8de577b9925f8f07b79086e8200f39b7 |
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: 2026-08-01T02:13:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-08-01T02:15:59.916Z. 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 | Castro, TX; Hale, TX; Lamb, TX; Swisher, TX; Castro, TX; Parmer, TX; Deaf Smith, TX; Randall, TX |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 31 at 9:13PM CDT until July 31 at 9:45PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX |
| Expires | 2026-07-31T21:45:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Lubbock TX |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 3 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8de577b9925f8f07b79086e8200f39b7a7a9b611.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4a9b2d46415dc852ce8f95ae1c036014cb5a4908.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.35ac4af132955e9b1f5a0d6d511712387f16a9d6.002.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | G |
| Iem Magnitude | 75 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | 2 NE Friona |
| Iem County | Parmer |
| Iem State | TX |
| Iem Wfo | LUB |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_G_34.890_-102.990_1785544260000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1785544260000,"latitude":34.89,"longitude":-102.99},{"id":"iem_G_34.830_-102.420_1785547440000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1785547440000,"latitude":34.83,"longitude":-102.42},{"id":"iem_G_34.860_-102.330_1785548100000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1785548100000,"latitude":34.86,"longitude":-102.33},{"id":"iem_G_34.650_-102.690_1785546300000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1785546300000,"latitude":34.65,"longitude":-102.69}] |
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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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