Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 34

Severe Weather near El Reno

CanadianUnited StatesNOAA

Right now

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 6 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 00:45 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 6th strongest of the 15 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 10 May 2026. The last comparable one was on 10 May 2026. 4 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 7:30PM CDT until May 15 at 7:45PM CDT by NWS Norman OK

An estimated 44,408 people live within 50 km of this point.

Nearby, since 10 May 2026

How we know

Confirmed by 3 independent sources, including NOAA.

Our own score for this event is 34 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

TypeSevere Weather
SeverityMedium
Calamity Score (ours)34 / 100
Our confidence90%
Coordinates35.5617, -98.2483
Nearest CityEl Reno (26 km)
Population Exposed44.4K within 50 km
Impact Tiersignificant
Timestamp2026-05-16T00:30:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.254ee3eeaa34e7de077eb92caf10ed7af78d3297.001.1

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
40
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSevere Thunderstorm Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyObserved
AreaDescBlaine, OK; Caddo, OK; Canadian, OK; Kingfisher, OK
HeadlineSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued May 15 at 7:30PM CDT until May 15 at 7:45PM CDT by NWS Norman OK
Expires2026-05-15T19:45:00-05:00
SenderNameNWS Norman OK
HasExactCoordstrue
Iem TypeSummaryG
Iem Magnitude64
Iem UnitMPH
Iem City4 WNW Bessie
Iem CountyWashita
Iem StateOK
Iem WfoOUN
Iem RemarkBessie Mesonet.
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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 34/100, near El Reno (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.