MediumSevere WeatherCS: 16 · v4 (historical)

Severe Weather in United States

Box ButteUnited StatesSPC

Right now

The most recent data we hold from SPC arrived 7 hours 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.

Reported by SPC 22 days ago.

It is the 104th strongest of the 120 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 5 May 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day.

What the source measured

SPC reported: Wind 66 kt near 5 SE Alliance, Box Butte, NE. ASOS station KAIA 4 ESE Alliance. (CYS)

How we know

2 recorded sources include SPC; independence is not established by this count.

Our own score for this event is 16 out of 100.

This is our versioned heuristic index, not source severity or a calibrated probability. Urban PEI does not count unique people.

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

Event Data

TypeSevere Weather
SeverityMedium
Calamity Score (ours)16 / 100
Legacy data-support index0.48/1
Coordinates42.0600, -102.8000
Nearest CityCheyenne (197 km)
Urban exposure index (PEI)0 within 50 km
Impact Tierminor
Timestamp2026-09-06T01:24:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/reports/today.html

Physical priority index · v4 (historical). Heuristic priority, not calibrated probability, predictive accuracy or damage. The legacy data-support index combines assigned source support and field availability. Urban PEI is distance-weighted and does not count unique people; zero does not establish that nobody is present. Model cards.

Source and revision timeline

Source: spc. Occurrence: 2026-09-06T01:24:00.000Z.

First archived: 2026-09-06T04:57:14.738Z. Material modification: not recorded.

Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
0
Urban PEI term
0
Scenario weight
18
Recorded reference / batch anomaly

Technical Details

ReportTypewind
Speed66
Location5 SE Alliance
CountyBox Butte
StateNE
CommentsASOS station KAIA 4 ESE Alliance. (CYS)
Iem TypeSummaryH
Iem Magnitude2.5
Iem UnitInch
Iem City5 WNW Alliance
Iem CountyBox Butte
Iem StateNE
Iem WfoCYS
Iem RemarkTrained Weather Spotter has reported 2.5 inch hail 5 miles WNW of Alliance.
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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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