Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 10 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 17 May 2026 at 02:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
No stronger detection stands among the 23 recorded within 20 km of this point since 23 April 2026 — 5 others scored the same. The last comparable one was on 27 April 2026.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Dust Storm Warning issued May 16 at 8:12PM CDT until May 16 at 9:15PM CDT by NWS Goodland KS
How we know
Confirmed by 24 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 22 out of 100, at 69 % 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
| Type | Severe Weather |
| Severity | Medium |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 22 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 69% |
| Coordinates | 38.8733, -100.5617 |
| Nearest City | Garden City (104 km) |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-17T01:12:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4ac3d39c3cd1b91d8ccf0e17ad3678e2e94e3785.001.1 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Dust Storm Warning |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Likely |
| AreaDesc | Gove, KS |
| Headline | Dust Storm Warning issued May 16 at 8:12PM CDT until May 16 at 9:15PM CDT by NWS Goodland KS |
| Expires | 2026-05-16T21:15:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Goodland KS |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| Iem TypeSummary | G |
| Iem Magnitude | 88 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | 2 ENE Colby |
| Iem County | Thomas |
| Iem State | KS |
| Iem Wfo | GLD |
| Iem Remark | Mesonet station FW6347 Colby 2E. |
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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.
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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.