Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 7 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 37 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 4 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 1:01AM CDT until May 17 at 1:30AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS
Nearby, since 16 March 2026
- June 14, 2026 · score 16 · 14.4 km
How we know
Confirmed by 3 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 22 out of 100, at 70 % 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) | 22 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 70% |
| Coordinates | 40.0276, -95.7595 |
| Nearest City | Saint Joseph (83 km) |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-17T06:01:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.680a295ade6b74bd400b0b143f1a4e10 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Brown, KS; Nemaha, KS; Gage, NE; Johnson, NE; Nemaha, NE; Pawnee, NE; Richardson, NE |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 1:01AM CDT until May 17 at 1:30AM CDT by NWS Topeka KS |
| Expires | 2026-05-17T01:30:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Topeka KS |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 2 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.680a295ade6b74bd400b0b143f1a4e1056ae8b70.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.158524185c3f3428fb9e20d9ad34a7e556583998.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | G |
| Iem Magnitude | 62 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | Barneston |
| Iem County | Gage |
| Iem State | NE |
| Iem Wfo | OAX |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_G_39.800_-96.160_1778996640000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778996640000,"latitude":39.8,"longitude":-96.16},{"id":"iem_G_40.050_-96.580_1778996580000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778996580000,"latitude":40.05,"longitude":-96.58}] |
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.