Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 41 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 16 May 2026 at 02:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
No stronger detection stands among the 24 recorded within 20 km of this point since 1 April 2026 — 16 others scored the same. 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 15 at 8:22PM CDT until May 15 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX
How we know
Confirmed by 2 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 22 out of 100, at 64 % 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 | 64% |
| Coordinates | 34.1367, -99.8392 |
| Nearest City | Altus (73 km) |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-16T01:22:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.97ce6e7442a3bc0f354eae5e63f74331 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Borden, TX; Scurry, TX; Childress, TX; Cottle, TX; Cottle, TX; Dickens, TX; Kent, TX; King, TX; Stonewall, TX and 4 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 8:22PM CDT until May 15 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX |
| Expires | 2026-05-15T21:00:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Midland/Odessa TX |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 7 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.97ce6e7442a3bc0f354eae5e63f74331191e9e2c.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cdb2f03312a8670c5356f8207142d8572e604a9f.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cbe21e5df444b0036f79d88d8e13d66a2c1300b7.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.425cff4324e6650bb100c55c1e6dc3b054dc26dd.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.79e230ba3cb9385efd184b898b33c451050ccf0f.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b55b664680095a55564fa6d3dea98ca2292ee332.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.14e9294782787f291261e70f8d297dfa800b3c3e.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | G |
| Iem Magnitude | 70 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | 10 SW Paducah |
| Iem County | Cottle |
| Iem State | TX |
| Iem Wfo | LUB |
| Iem Remark | Also gusted to 58 mph at 737 PM. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_G_33.890_-100.400_1778891880000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778891880000,"latitude":33.89,"longitude":-100.4}] |
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.