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 17 May 2026 at 00:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 3rd strongest of the 50 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 2 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 16 at 4:57PM MDT until May 16 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS Goodland KS
Urban PEI: 57,945 within a heuristic 50 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 15 March 2026
- May 31, 2026 · score 32 · 6.6 km
- May 16, 2026 · score 43 · 7.5 km
How we know
2 recorded sources include NOAA; independence is not established by this count.
Our own score for this event is 39 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) | 39 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.84/1 |
| Coordinates | 40.5373, -98.6510 |
| Nearest City | Hastings (23 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 57.9K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-16T22:57:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e43d055dcbc59358f3519c32e2a60983 |
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: 2026-05-16T22:57:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-05-16T22:59:16.006Z. 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 | Sherman, KS; Kit Carson, CO; Sherman, KS; Dawson, NE and 20 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 16 at 4:57PM MDT until May 16 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS Goodland KS |
| Expires | 2026-05-16T18:00:00-06:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Goodland KS |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 26 |
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| Iem TypeSummary | H |
| Iem Magnitude | 1.75 |
| Iem Unit | Inch |
| Iem City | Stockham |
| Iem County | Hamilton |
| Iem State | NE |
| Iem Wfo | GID |
| Iem Remark | Hail slightly smaller than golf ball. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_H_40.720_-97.940_1778968200000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778968200000,"latitude":40.72,"longitude":-97.94}] |
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