Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 22

Severe Weather in United States

HarperUnited 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 15 May 2026 at 01:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

No stronger detection stands among the 31 recorded within 20 km of this point since 17 April 2026 — 15 others scored the same. The last comparable one was on 17 April 2026.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 14 at 7:27PM CDT until May 14 at 8:30PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS

Nearby, since 17 April 2026

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

TypeSevere Weather
SeverityMedium
Calamity Score (ours)22 / 100
Our confidence70%
Coordinates37.1840, -97.8920
Nearest CityDerby (68 km)
Impact Tierminor
Timestamp2026-05-15T00:27:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2de9e3057c9f8b14c0d9322463f6a730cc7a3185.001.1

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
0
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSevere Thunderstorm Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyObserved
AreaDescHarper, KS; Sumner, KS
HeadlineSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued May 14 at 7:27PM CDT until May 14 at 8:30PM CDT by NWS Wichita KS
Expires2026-05-14T20:30:00-05:00
SenderNameNWS Wichita KS
HasExactCoordstrue
Iem TypeSummaryN
Iem Magnitude62
Iem UnitMPH
Iem CityPretty Prairie
Iem CountyReno
Iem StateKS
Iem WfoICT
Iem Remarkshort duration heat burst evident on PWS.
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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 22/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.