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 17 May 2026 at 16:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 7th strongest of the 83 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 7 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 10:49AM CDT until May 17 at 11:15AM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI
An estimated 327,280 people live within 50 km of this point.
Nearby, since 16 March 2026
- July 2, 2026 · score 67 · 12.5 km
- June 18, 2026 · score 43 · 13.9 km
- May 16, 2026 · score 43 · 15.1 km
How we know
Confirmed by 2 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 43 out of 100, at 86 % 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) | 43 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 86% |
| Coordinates | 42.8740, -89.7660 |
| Nearest City | Fitchburg (26 km) |
| Population Exposed | 327.3K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-17T15:49:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fc73d4f9d027db88cb64a49f48929235f1ae0745.001.1 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Dane, WI; Green, WI; Iowa, WI; Lafayette, WI |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 17 at 10:49AM CDT until May 17 at 11:15AM CDT by NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI |
| Expires | 2026-05-17T11:15:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Milwaukee/Sullivan WI |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| Iem TypeSummary | R |
| Iem Magnitude | 0.2 |
| Iem Unit | Inch |
| Iem City | 2 S Ellenboro |
| Iem County | Grant |
| Iem State | WI |
| Iem Wfo | ARX |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_R_42.760_-90.610_1779027600000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779027600000,"latitude":42.76,"longitude":-90.61}] |
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 Fitchburg (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.