This alert expired on 16 May 2026 at 22:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 2nd strongest of the 241 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 March 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 16 at 6:16PM EDT until May 16 at 6:30PM EDT by NWS Louisville KY
An estimated 924,632 people live within 50 km of this point.
Nearby, since 15 March 2026
- March 16, 2026 · score 48 · 2.7 km
- August 12, 2026 · score 48 · 3.0 km
- June 27, 2026 · score 48 · 4.5 km
How we know
Confirmed by 3 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 48 out of 100, at 88 % 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) | 48 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 88% |
| Coordinates | 38.2883, -85.7050 |
| Nearest City | Jeffersonville (3 km) |
| Population Exposed | 924.6K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-16T22:16:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.44f3a0ac8ccd09aa23bb435b72d625c7fd48f468.002.1 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Clark, IN; Jefferson, KY; Oldham, KY |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 16 at 6:16PM EDT until May 16 at 6:30PM EDT by NWS Louisville KY |
| Expires | 2026-05-16T18:30:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Louisville KY |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| Iem TypeSummary | H |
| Iem Magnitude | 1 |
| Iem Unit | Inch |
| Iem City | 2 ESE Brownstown |
| Iem County | Crawford |
| Iem State | IN |
| Iem Wfo | LMK |
| Iem Remark | Several public reports of quarter size hail from the Crawford County EM. |
| Google News RssFeed | weather |
| Google News SourceName | WLKY |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_H_38.370_-86.470_1778964000000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1778964000000,"latitude":38.37,"longitude":-86.47},{"id":"gnews_weather_494153_179","source":"google_news","severity":"medium","severityValue":40,"timestamp":1778953860000,"latitude":38.25,"longitude":-85.76}] |
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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 48/100, near Jeffersonville (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.