Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 1 minute 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 4 July 2026 at 22:07 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
No stronger detection stands among the 50 recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 March 2026 — 9 others scored the same. 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 July 4 at 4:57PM CDT until July 4 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Duluth MN
Urban PEI: 82,630 within a heuristic 50 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 15 March 2026
- August 7, 2026 · score 32 · 14.0 km
How we know
4 recorded sources include NOAA; independence is not established by this count.
Our own score for this event is 39 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 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) | 39 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.87/1 |
| Coordinates | 45.7098, -94.0940 |
| Nearest City | Sartell (13 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 82.6K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Date | 2026-07-04 — time not reported by the source |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1398be959ab8bfb30bd56d0c531bc822 |
Physical priority index · v1. 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: noaa. Occurrence: 2026-07-04 — time not reported.
First archived: 2026-07-04T21:58:23.532Z. 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
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Aitkin, MN; Kanabec, MN; Mille Lacs, MN; Kandiyohi, MN; Stearns, MN and 2 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 4:57PM CDT until July 4 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Duluth MN |
| Expires | 2026-07-04T17:07:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Duluth MN |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 6 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1398be959ab8bfb30bd56d0c531bc822dab7163c.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d374377b407a8c57086b4d84c3725e51acb39ad1.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.226645b3086bfef8c4eeb684796666a19fb57f58.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0a28fb3f92329cb004440c4511ac6606ac545349.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cf5043f6c3d9949359f6640f2b5461a457cf479b.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8817acec8aee493ba0af2d8a6a72eca3670fe08e.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | H |
| Iem Magnitude | 1 |
| Iem Unit | Inch |
| Iem City | 2 N Long Prairie |
| Iem County | Todd |
| Iem State | MN |
| Iem Wfo | MPX |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_H_45.810_-94.960_1783197000000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1783197000000,"latitude":45.81,"longitude":-94.96},{"id":"iem_H_45.740_-94.960_1783198620000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1783198620000,"latitude":45.74,"longitude":-94.96},{"id":"iem_H_46.010_-94.870_1783197300000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1783197300000,"latitude":46.01,"longitude":-94.87}] |
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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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