This alert expired on 1 September 2026 at 03:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 18th strongest of the 33 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 31 at 8:02PM MDT until August 31 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Goodland KS
Nearby, since 15 March 2026
- July 8, 2026 · score 22 · 13.5 km
How we know
Confirmed by 4 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 16 out of 100, at 71 % confidence.
The score is ours, computed from intensity, exposed population and local history — not the source’s.
Event Data
| Type | Severe weather |
| Severity | medium |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 16 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 71% |
| Coordinates | 38.5575, -102.0418 |
| Nearest City | Garden City (121 km) |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-09-01T02:02:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.6a840556f2ca72713501e02dfc25bf5394181de2.001.1 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Greeley, KS; Kiowa, CO |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 31 at 8:02PM MDT until August 31 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS Goodland KS |
| Expires | 2026-08-31T21:00:00-06:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Goodland KS |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 2 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6a840556f2ca72713501e02dfc25bf5394181de2.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fd6dd15ffbfa841d368e2cc0a3756ffdba9030b7.001.1"] |
| Spc ReportType | wind |
| Spc Speed | 60 |
| Spc Location | 1 E Cheyenne Wells |
| Spc County | Cheyenne |
| Spc State | CO |
| Spc Comments | Report of 60 MPH wind gust from Mesonet station ID: weatherlink_cb43137a-fef7-477a-a087-e6f5e54b6a7b. (GLD) |
| Iem TypeSummary | G |
| Iem Magnitude | 56 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | 4 SW Arapahoe |
Safety Information
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Series begins 10 February 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 16/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 188 scientific monitoring sources.