Calamity
HighSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 28

Severe Weather in United States

Box ButteUnited StatesSPC

Right now

The most recent data we hold from SPC 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.

119 other detections within 20 km in the last 24 hours, the nearest <1 km from here.

Reported by SPC today.

No stronger detection stands among the 157 recorded within 20 km of this point since 5 May 2026 — 102 others scored the same. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day.

What the source measured

SPC reported: Hail 150 in near 6 W Alliance, Box Butte, NE. Trained Spotter reported 1.5 inch hail 7 Miles S of Berea and 16 miles SSE of Hemingford. (CYS)

How we know

Confirmed by 2 independent sources, including SPC.

Our own score for this event is 28 out of 100, at 49 % confidence.

The score is ours, computed from intensity, exposed population and local history — not the source’s.

Computed under scoring rules v4. Rows carrying other versions were judged by different rules and are not directly comparable.

Event Data

TypeSevere Weather
SeverityHigh
Calamity Score (ours)28 / 100
Our confidence49%
Coordinates42.1000, -102.9900
Nearest CityCheyenne (186 km)
Impact Tierminor
Timestamp2026-09-06T04:08:09.832Z
Sourcehttps://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/today.html

Score Breakdown

50
intensity
0
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

ReportTypehail
Speed150
Location6 W Alliance
CountyBox Butte
StateNE
CommentsTrained Spotter reported 1.5 inch hail 7 Miles S of Berea and 16 miles SSE of Hemingford. (CYS)
Iem TypeSummaryR
Iem Magnitude1.25
Iem UnitInch
Iem City7.4 SSW Berea
Iem CountyBox Butte
Iem StateNE
Iem WfoCYS
Iem RemarkHeavy rain reported with personal weather station near Berea.
MergedSources[{"id":"iem_R_42.100_-103.050_1788651900000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1788651900000,"latitude":42.1,"longitude":-103.05}]

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 28/100 (United States), based on data from spc. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.