Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 4 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 00:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 4th strongest of the 68 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 25 April 2026. The last comparable one was on 15 May 2026. One more was recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 7:16PM CDT until May 15 at 7:30PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE
Nearby, since 25 April 2026
- June 20, 2026 · score 22 · 17.2 km
How we know
One source: NOAA. Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 22 out of 100, at 60 % 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 | 60% |
| Coordinates | 40.4100, -97.4390 |
| Nearest City | Lincoln (78 km) |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-16T00:16:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.dc3d549749640f6b80efab5aa405081d |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Saline, NE; Fillmore, NE; Fillmore, NE; Thayer, NE |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 7:16PM CDT until May 15 at 7:30PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE |
| Expires | 2026-05-15T19:30:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Omaha/Valley NE |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 4 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.dc3d549749640f6b80efab5aa405081d2799856f.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.76b398590ef7eef203177aebb0d8d5ca0ef59d26.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cd5d659c8482b99cadf479dc7064f14484678776.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.996c0acc050bd3179ec47a2fc907b9aaf9959cc2.001.1"] |
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.