Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 9 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 18 May 2026 at 23:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 45th strongest of the 97 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 10 April 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 38 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 5:43PM CDT until May 18 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE
Nearby, since 10 April 2026
- May 17, 2026 · score 46 · 12.9 km
- June 20, 2026 · score 22 · 15.7 km
- September 13, 2026 · score 28 · 16.2 km
How we know
14 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 | 40.0376, -96.7946 |
| Nearest City | Lincoln (85 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 0 within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-18T22:43:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b1e1afa24d38d8058d2bf11de36a09a8 |
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: 2026-05-18T22:43:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-05-18T22:46:51.769Z. 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 | Saline, NE; Seward, NE; Wayne, NE; Adams, IA; Taylor, IA and 7 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 18 at 5:43PM CDT until May 18 at 6:30PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE |
| Expires | 2026-05-18T18:30:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Omaha/Valley NE |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 10 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b1e1afa24d38d8058d2bf11de36a09a8b85b1a03.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b09c3efa07c0fb8a48da36bebc19c01da4e8a59d.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.c72ff4f80da9418f3492446d868ef8917ab60ce4.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4008fcabc47e1391fb5dba8a96736940a2bf16fc.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.340f10b2d3cb17124408f8a3ee051820ad8140f7.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0ec4ce4de0466e8ed28d59f4d71da9f1b0281453.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.41de7900d0e0f231d32c526a03891a977b300efd.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6d54e434968258901bcec31acd70caba0f93a2bf.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a0c74b8880cecfd835f4558b84c3805169ab3e06.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fd6fcc3ba650c117e244fdd7c3a0b47254af93b0.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | G |
| Iem Magnitude | 81 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | 3 ESE Lewiston |
| Iem County | Pawnee |
| Iem State | NE |
| Iem Wfo | OAX |
| Iem Remark | Caller reported an 81 mph wind gust measured from a personal weather station. Also reported 6 to 8 inch diameter tree limbs broken. |
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