Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 22

Severe Weather in United States

KentUnited StatesNOAA

Right now

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 3 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 16 May 2026 at 02:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is one of only 3 we have recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 May 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. One more was recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 9:02PM CDT until May 15 at 9:15PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX

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%
Coordinates33.1284, -100.5201
Nearest CityAbilene (106 km)
Impact Tierminor
Timestamp2026-05-16T02:02:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9baba62f90b76b31d61a5d53a9f5e00d

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
0
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSevere Thunderstorm Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyObserved
AreaDescKent, TX; Stonewall, TX; Kent, TX; King, TX; Stonewall, TX
HeadlineSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 9:02PM CDT until May 15 at 9:15PM CDT by NWS Lubbock TX
Expires2026-05-15T21:15:00-05:00
SenderNameNWS Lubbock TX
HasExactCoordstrue
MergedCount2
MergedIds["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9baba62f90b76b31d61a5d53a9f5e00d248c3677.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.39d082a679eaa25a2b573187fc74d87b4e9904f0.002.1"]
Iem TypeSummaryG
Iem Magnitude58
Iem UnitMPH
Iem City1 SSE Jayton
Iem CountyKent
Iem StateTX
Iem WfoLUB
MergedSources[{"id":"iem_G_33.230_-100.570_1778894520000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778894520000,"latitude":33.23,"longitude":-100.57}]

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.