Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 3 hours 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 03:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 85th strongest of the 304 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 10 March 2026. The last comparable one was on 14 May 2026. 4 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 14 at 7:23PM CDT until May 14 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS
Urban PEI: 15,717 within a heuristic 50 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 10 March 2026
- September 12, 2026 · score 28 · 0.0 km
- September 6, 2026 · score 28 · 0.0 km
- August 28, 2026 · score 34 · 0.0 km
How we know
One source: NOAA. Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 34 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) | 34 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.79/1 |
| Coordinates | 38.5000, -98.8000 |
| Nearest City | Great Bend (16 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 15.7K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-15T00:23:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Watch_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.39c71916643d56e8b0488ec8d11b3600 |
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: 2026-05-15T00:23:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-05-15T00:24:58.550Z. 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 Watch |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| AreaDesc | Harper, KS; Sedgwick, KS; Sumner, KS; Barton, KS; Ellsworth, KS; Kingman, KS; Lincoln, KS; Reno, KS; Rice, KS; Russell, KS; Barber, KS; Clark, KS; Comanche, KS; Edwards, KS; Ellis, KS; Finney, KS; Ford, KS; Grant, KS; Gray, KS; Haskell, KS; Hodgeman, KS; Kiowa, KS; Lane, KS; Meade, KS; Morton, KS; Ness, KS; Pawnee, KS; Pratt, KS; Rush, KS; Seward, KS; Stafford, KS; Stevens, KS; Trego, KS |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued May 14 at 7:23PM CDT until May 14 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS |
| Expires | 2026-05-14T22:00:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Wichita KS |
| HasExactCoords | false |
| MergedCount | 3 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.39c71916643d56e8b0488ec8d11b3600a6aa62cb.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.39c71916643d56e8b0488ec8d11b3600a6aa62cb.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.77af13208b99cfff6e34ae57646506affe01e4cb.001.1"] |
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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