Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 22

Severe Weather in United States

RichardsonUnited StatesNOAA

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 17 May 2026 at 06:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 9th strongest of the 40 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 6 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 1:11AM CDT until May 17 at 1:30AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS

Nearby, since 15 March 2026

How we know

Confirmed by 2 independent sources, including NOAA.

Our own score for this event is 22 out of 100, at 65 % 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

TypeSevere Weather
SeverityMedium
Calamity Score (ours)22 / 100
Our confidence65%
Coordinates40.0148, -95.7297
Nearest CitySaint Joseph (80 km)
Impact Tierminor
Timestamp2026-05-17T06:11:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5a5799a799c56151fab68cfff469bcbc

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
0
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSevere Thunderstorm Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyObserved
AreaDescBrown, KS; Nemaha, KS; Johnson, NE; Nemaha, NE; Pawnee, NE; Richardson, NE
HeadlineSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 1:11AM CDT until May 17 at 1:30AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Expires2026-05-17T01:30:00-05:00
SenderNameNWS Topeka KS
HasExactCoordstrue
MergedCount2
MergedIds["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5a5799a799c56151fab68cfff469bcbc8db6db37.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5d7344abd88eac038528e1971fc72a3e25085292.002.1"]
Iem TypeSummaryG
Iem Magnitude59
Iem UnitMPH
Iem City3 SSE Baileyville
Iem CountyNemaha
Iem StateKS
Iem WfoTOP
Iem RemarkPersonal weather station.
MergedSources[{"id":"iem_G_39.800_-96.160_1778996640000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778996640000,"latitude":39.8,"longitude":-96.16}]

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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Calamity.live data shows a weather event with CalamityScore 22/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.