Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 43

Severe Weather near Gainesville

CookeUnited StatesNOAA

Right now

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 4 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 19 May 2026 at 17:49 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 4th strongest of the 6 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 19 May 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 2 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 19 at 12:39PM CDT until May 19 at 12:45PM CDT by NWS Fort Worth TX

An estimated 289,850 people live within 50 km of this point.

How we know

One source: NOAA. Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.

Our own score for this event is 43 out of 100, at 80 % 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)43 / 100
Our confidence80%
Coordinates33.4475, -97.2500
Nearest CityGainesville (23 km)
Population Exposed289.9K within 50 km
Impact Tiersignificant
Timestamp2026-05-19T17:39:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f8fba3dc51e78580e144a116de2cea0689e0a64b.001.1

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
70
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSevere Thunderstorm Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyObserved
AreaDescCooke, TX; Denton, TX
HeadlineSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued May 19 at 12:39PM CDT until May 19 at 12:45PM CDT by NWS Fort Worth TX
Expires2026-05-19T12:49:00-05:00
SenderNameNWS Fort Worth TX
HasExactCoordstrue

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 43/100, near Gainesville (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.