Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 8 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 02:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
No stronger detection stands among the 31 recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 March 2026 — 16 others scored the same. 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 14 at 8:00PM CDT until May 14 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
Nearby, since 15 March 2026
- September 12, 2026 · score 16 · 16.4 km
- September 3, 2026 · score 16 · 16.4 km
- June 1, 2026 · score 22 · 21.6 km
How we know
3 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 | 33.7378, -100.5519 |
| Nearest City | Plainview (118 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 0 within 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.fd6f3613802702cae6fe09f09beb7703 |
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: 2026-05-15 — time not reported.
First archived: 2026-05-15T01:01:09.783Z. 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 | Childress, TX; Cottle, TX; Dickens, TX; Hall, TX; King, TX; Motley, TX; Stonewall, TX; Crosby, TX; Dickens, TX; Garza, TX; Kent, TX; King, TX; Lynn, TX; Stonewall, TX; Childress, TX; Cottle, TX; Hall, TX; Motley, TX and 2 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 14 at 8:00PM CDT until May 14 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX |
| Expires | 2026-05-14T21:00:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Lubbock TX |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 5 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fd6f3613802702cae6fe09f09beb770325056d20.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d0dff61927e079718ba6b166d74d6312ef9b1469.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4a4eb01951d351c5ad16dee94d791f820ab52a83.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.52eea4a70f1c80c7e617068de6d5959cb983f059.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1e2ef55b90ab5efadbb10f4c58f2b7676238ec76.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | G |
| Iem Magnitude | 61 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | 1 ENE Flomot |
| Iem County | Motley |
| Iem State | TX |
| Iem Wfo | LUB |
| Iem Remark | West Texas Mesonet. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_G_34.000_-100.890_1778804160000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778804160000,"latitude":34,"longitude":-100.89},{"id":"iem_G_34.230_-100.960_1778800620000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778800620000,"latitude":34.23,"longitude":-100.96}] |
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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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