Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 3 hours 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 15 May 2026 at 23:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 7th strongest of the 27 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 May 2026.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 6:17PM CDT until May 15 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
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 | 0.69/1 |
| Coordinates | 33.1812, -102.1867 |
| Nearest City | Lubbock (54 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 0 within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-15T23:17:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8e38188ff04cceeab1bcb6186951cd9c |
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: 2026-05-15T23:17:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-05-15T23:20:25.954Z. 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 | Lubbock, TX; Lynn, TX; Dawson, TX; Gaines, TX; Lynn, TX; Terry, TX |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 6:17PM CDT until May 15 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX |
| Expires | 2026-05-15T18:30:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Lubbock TX |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 3 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8e38188ff04cceeab1bcb6186951cd9c12466061.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5502d329baf045c78fffb55701f194f03760d7ad.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a0d82aab02558a7dbe10a274aa5cbd2083e08863.002.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | N |
| Iem Magnitude | 60 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | 4 E Lubbock |
| Iem County | Lubbock |
| Iem State | TX |
| Iem Wfo | LUB |
| Iem Remark | Dust Devil. WTM station. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_2_33.760_-102.090_1778882100000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778882100000,"latitude":33.76,"longitude":-102.09},{"id":"iem_G_32.980_-102.840_1778884500000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778884500000,"latitude":32.98,"longitude":-102.84},{"id":"iem_G_33.730_-102.190_1778884440000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778884440000,"latitude":33.73,"longitude":-102.19},{"id":"iem_2_33.180_-102.610_1778884260000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778884260000,"latitude":33.18,"longitude":-102.61},{"id":"iem_N_33.590_-101.780_1778873100000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778873100000,"latitude":33.59,"longitude":-101.78}] |
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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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