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 15 May 2026 at 22:45 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 39th strongest of the 60 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 26 April 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 4 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 5:32PM CDT until May 15 at 5:45PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
Nearby, since 26 April 2026
- June 24, 2026 · score 46 · 9.3 km
- September 4, 2026 · score 37 · 16.6 km
- September 3, 2026 · score 37 · 16.6 km
How we know
Confirmed by 3 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 22 out of 100, at 70 % 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 | 70% |
| Coordinates | 33.7388, -102.3694 |
| Nearest City | Lubbock (50 km) |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Date | 2026-05-15 — 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.bd853ae051b0f2b0ef0264354748e2d8 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Hockley, TX; Castro, TX; Hale, TX; Lamb, TX; Parmer, TX; Swisher, TX; Hockley, TX; Lubbock, TX and 1 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 5:32PM CDT until May 15 at 5:45PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX |
| Expires | 2026-05-15T17:45:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Lubbock TX |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 4 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bd853ae051b0f2b0ef0264354748e2d8198e6af1.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.de6cbd8299d16ea99775bdd2de5f0ff60cbe3df2.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.39e9af2beca6c750589e9e6e8df50316e564d6ad.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e7645751c7473fa8f27ecaa4d9e1b757be7ae04c.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | G |
| Iem Magnitude | 58 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | 1 ENE Morton |
| Iem County | Cochran |
| Iem State | TX |
| Iem Wfo | LUB |
| 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_33.730_-102.740_1778878200000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778878200000,"latitude":33.73,"longitude":-102.74}] |
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.