Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 3 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 01:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
No stronger detection stands among the 24 recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026 — 14 others scored the same. 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 15 at 7:52PM CDT until May 15 at 8:30PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA
An estimated 24,649 people live within 50 km of this point.
Nearby, since 16 March 2026
- August 9, 2026 · score 34 · 7.6 km
How we know
Confirmed by 4 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 34 out of 100, at 89 % 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) | 34 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 89% |
| Coordinates | 42.5559, -94.3888 |
| Nearest City | Fort Dodge (19 km) |
| Population Exposed | 24.6K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-16T00:52:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ff770cd65a7d2f1ccd69a5497dadc913 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Adair, IA; Clarke, IA; Decatur, IA; Madison, IA; Ringgold, IA; Union, IA; Ida, IA; Woodbury, IA; Hancock, IA; Humboldt, IA; Kossuth, IA; Winnebago, IA and 4 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 7:52PM CDT until May 15 at 8:30PM CDT by NWS Des Moines IA |
| Expires | 2026-05-15T20:30:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Des Moines IA |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 7 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ff770cd65a7d2f1ccd69a5497dadc91372a5daa7.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.16be3e6e2c4e98afd04b3483b1754b9f6de2c490.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ffb6b83481f40de0061a57ab5a3f7d46630edac0.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.583fb0e304c9c2ce5f4565280285924b52bfee5f.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.198af356164e8d002cac3b7f1a32c34dc7ec4413.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fcecd0951b8c1388f7a6e40dc1ab53bd131fb94c.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7eaef2840cbac6893f9a7310cd68cf05f995acee.002.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | H |
| Iem Magnitude | 1 |
| Iem Unit | Inch |
| Iem City | Newell |
| Iem County | Buena Vista |
| Iem State | IA |
| Iem Wfo | FSD |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_H_42.740_-94.680_1778890860000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778890860000,"latitude":42.74,"longitude":-94.68},{"id":"iem_H_42.630_-95.270_1778888160000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778888160000,"latitude":42.63,"longitude":-95.27},{"id":"iem_H_42.600_-95.000_1778888580000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778888580000,"latitude":42.6,"longitude":-95}] |
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 34/100, near Fort Dodge (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.