Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 2 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 01:45 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
No stronger detection stands among the 42 recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026 — 21 others scored the same. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 10 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 8:05PM CDT until May 17 at 8:45PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
An estimated 294,757 people live within 50 km of this point.
Nearby, since 16 March 2026
- July 9, 2026 · score 43 · 13.0 km
- April 23, 2026 · score 43 · 27.2 km
How we know
Confirmed by 22 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 43 out of 100, at 90 % 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) | 43 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 90% |
| Coordinates | 40.6406, -96.8823 |
| Nearest City | Lincoln (25 km) |
| Population Exposed | 294.8K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-18T01:05:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2259257d1e5ee5f6aa63d623fabca84f |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Marshall, KS; Washington, KS; Cloud, KS; Ottawa, KS; Lancaster, NE; Saunders, NE and 14 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 8:05PM CDT until May 17 at 8:45PM CDT by NWS Topeka KS |
| Expires | 2026-05-17T20:45:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Topeka KS |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 18 |
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| Iem TypeSummary | H |
| Iem Magnitude | 1.25 |
| Iem Unit | Inch |
| Iem City | Bruning |
| Iem County | Thayer |
| Iem State | NE |
| Iem Wfo | GID |
| Iem Remark | Estimating half dollar. |
| Google News RssFeed | weather |
| Google News SourceName | Hays Post |
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