Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 3 minutes ago, and this point is in it.
Nothing else has been detected within 20 km in the last 24 hours.
This alert expired on 20 September 2026 at 00:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 24th strongest of the 65 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 March 2026. The last comparable one was on 12 September 2026. 9 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 19 at 6:10PM CDT until September 19 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Urban PEI: 80,929 within a heuristic 50 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 15 March 2026
- June 21, 2026 · score 39 · 9.9 km
- May 15, 2026 · score 39 · 12.7 km
- June 10, 2026 · score 63 · 19.1 km
How we know
2 recorded sources include NOAA; independence is not established by this count.
Our own score for this event is 32 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 v5. Rows carrying other versions were judged by different rules and are not directly comparable.
Event Data
| Type | Severe Weather |
| Severity | Medium |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 32 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.84/1 |
| Coordinates | 39.1014, -97.0329 |
| Nearest City | Junction City (19 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 80.9K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-09-19T23:10:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.aa9eac532b61bcdbd1910a4239d5f41b0d2dc839.001.1 |
Physical priority index · v5. 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: 2026-09-19T23:10:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-09-19T23:16:29.936Z. 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 | Pottawatomie, KS; Riley, KS; Cloud, KS; Ottawa, KS; Geary, KS; Riley, KS and 1 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 19 at 6:10PM CDT until September 19 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS |
| Expires | 2026-09-19T19:00:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Topeka KS |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 4 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aa9eac532b61bcdbd1910a4239d5f41b0d2dc839.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5c436dd6140b34b030405996335655fd68cc5558.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.64c94a8125defd2add776e2f6c00c94d39aaa59b.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.de4612f1a8000180f58ee94a7a57c6faf4578f82.001.1"] |
| Spc ReportType | wind |
| Spc Speed | 65 |
| Spc Location | 3 ENE New Cambria |
| Spc County | Saline |
| Spc State | KS |
| Spc Comments | (ICT) |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"spc_wind_38.68_-97.62_42","source":"spc","severity":"medium","severityValue":45,"timestamp":1789856400000,"latitude":38.68,"longitude":-97.62},{"id":"spc_wind_38.87_-96.90_43","source":"spc","severity":"medium","severityValue":45,"timestamp":1789857060000,"latitude":38.87,"longitude":-96.9},{"id":"spc_wind_38.90_-97.45_44","source":"spc","severity":"medium","severityValue":45,"timestamp":1789857180000,"latitude":38.9,"longitude":-97.45}] |
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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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