Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 22

Severe Weather in United States

MontgomeryUnited StatesNOAA

Right now

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 6 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 04:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 15th strongest of the 52 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 17 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 10:19PM CDT until May 17 at 11:15PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO

Nearby, since 16 March 2026

How we know

Confirmed by 7 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

TypeSevere Weather
SeverityMedium
Calamity Score (ours)22 / 100
Our confidence70%
Coordinates41.0675, -95.2100
Nearest CityBellevue (58 km)
Impact Tierminor
Timestamp2026-05-18T03:19:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e804ce9784bb8cdeb4079dd51f3e3dc4

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
0
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSevere Thunderstorm Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyObserved
AreaDescAtchison, MO; Holt, MO; Nodaway, MO; Marshall, KS; Nemaha, KS; Ottawa, KS and 11 more areas
HeadlineSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 10:19PM CDT until May 17 at 11:15PM CDT by NWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
Expires2026-05-17T23:15:00-05:00
SenderNameNWS Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO
HasExactCoordstrue
MergedCount14
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Iem TypeSummaryG
Iem Magnitude72
Iem UnitMPH
Iem City5 ESE Henderson
Iem CountyMontgomery
Iem StateIA
Iem WfoOAX
Iem RemarkPersonal Weather Station.
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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.