Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 28 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 20:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 160th strongest of the 229 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 5 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 2:56PM CDT until May 17 at 3:15PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE
Nearby, since 16 March 2026
- September 8, 2026 · score 46 · 3.6 km
- May 25, 2026 · score 22 · 20.2 km
How we know
4 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 | 0.70/1 |
| Coordinates | 42.9145, -98.0055 |
| Nearest City | Mitchell (88 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 0 within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-17T19:56:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fb57f95b98de8278427b9ecd8563818c |
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: 2026-05-17T19:56:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-05-17T20:09:59.827Z. 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 | Knox, NE; Bon Homme, SD; Hutchinson, SD; Yankton, SD |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 2:56PM CDT until May 17 at 3:15PM CDT by NWS Omaha/Valley NE |
| Expires | 2026-05-17T15:15:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Omaha/Valley NE |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 2 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fb57f95b98de8278427b9ecd8563818c3264e330.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.125b7da0a96b7acc3116e51aed0abfd7f495fe04.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | H |
| Iem Magnitude | 1 |
| Iem Unit | Inch |
| Iem City | 1 SE Marty |
| Iem County | Charles Mix |
| Iem State | SD |
| Iem Wfo | FSD |
| Iem Remark | Winds estimated 40-50 mph. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_G_42.850_-98.670_1779045300000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779045300000,"latitude":42.85,"longitude":-98.67},{"id":"iem_G_42.840_-98.740_1779044880000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779044880000,"latitude":42.84,"longitude":-98.74},{"id":"iem_H_42.980_-98.410_1779046620000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779046620000,"latitude":42.98,"longitude":-98.41}] |
Safety Information
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Series begins 8 March 2026. Comparisons refer to that period only. Collection gap: 14-26 August 2026.
This data is aggregated algorithmically from scientific sources. Not a replacement for official emergency warnings.
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