Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 1 minute 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 00:50 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 5th strongest of the 48 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 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 May 17 at 7:41PM CDT until May 17 at 7:45PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE
An estimated 294,757 people live within 50 km of this point.
Nearby, since 15 March 2026
- April 15, 2026 · score 43 · 14.1 km
- April 25, 2026 · score 43 · 16.2 km
- August 19, 2026 · score 43 · 17.1 km
How we know
Confirmed by 10 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 43 out of 100, at 90 % 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) | 43 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 90% |
| Coordinates | 41.0295, -96.9623 |
| Nearest City | Lincoln (35 km) |
| Population Exposed | 294.8K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Date | 2026-05-18 — 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.a1e1e7cd5b10bf896ccfb83adf1dc951 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Mitchell, KS; Fillmore, NE; Nuckolls, NE; Thayer, NE; Barton, KS; Ellsworth, KS; Lincoln, KS; Russell, KS and 21 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 7:41PM CDT until May 17 at 7:45PM CDT by NWS Hastings NE |
| Expires | 2026-05-17T19:50:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Hastings NE |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 24 |
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| Iem TypeSummary | G |
| Iem Magnitude | 58 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | 6 E Rogers |
| Iem County | Dodge |
| Iem State | NE |
| Iem Wfo | OAX |
| Iem Remark | UPR Station. |
| Google News RssFeed | weather |
| Google News SourceName | KOLN | Nebraska Local News, Weather, Sports | Lincoln, NE |
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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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