Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 10 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 16 March 2026 at 10:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 3rd strongest of the 5 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 5:24AM EDT until March 16 at 6:15AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
An estimated 16,490 people live within 50 km of this point.
Nearby, since 16 March 2026
- June 28, 2026 · score 34 · 16.0 km
How we know
Confirmed by 4 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 34 out of 100, at 88 % 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) | 34 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 88% |
| Coordinates | 35.7305, -83.2149 |
| Nearest City | Sevierville (35 km) |
| Population Exposed | 16.5K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-03-16T09:24:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.19f48c9e92bb7284a74223d941283122 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Burke, NC; Caldwell, NC; Cleveland, NC; McDowell, NC; Polk, NC; Rutherford, NC; Macon, NC; Cherokee, GA; Dawson, GA; Fannin, GA; Forsyth, GA; Gilmer, GA; Hall, GA; Lumpkin, GA; Pickens, GA; Towns, GA; Union, GA; White, GA and 11 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 5:24AM EDT until March 16 at 6:15AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC |
| Expires | 2026-03-16T06:15:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 14 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.19f48c9e92bb7284a74223d941283122fbe51571.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3ae0d7907de8708d87952d73b33055d4a53e3c90.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4812d79f144ef1e8c76b37ecf0d53d233eefb854.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.cabd5bdf766181a15261c47a908506da616ded01.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6bdb370367e34e1f570eb34a6cbb41d5d018402e.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4cb2309b894bec0e13104b60cfa64203e3f49996.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a870360e70eb6f4e7f835fd71b9f88ec5a24cb1b.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7619aff81f03bea5991566034bcb78c9c37bcad9.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f154e3cd843054a1e538dfbd004d70ac23272a37.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.079f06cbfda5a6e1c48edd8abcd2debf32deca69.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e7d2d890dbe42f6c06c6301afa7cb4f0303986d7.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.924dec7fd26c2a693cdc4775892fcf5f84262405.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.086df06d46fdcf83f9da46e12a8f40c1f343d086.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b331a7d96a7cb3ad0e704d4a78d992e11fc0dcfb.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | D |
| Iem City | 3 NNE Lake Forest |
| Iem County | Knox |
| Iem State | TN |
| Iem Wfo | MRX |
| Iem Remark | Several trees down. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_N_35.700_-83.610_1773644400000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1773644400000,"latitude":35.7,"longitude":-83.61},{"id":"iem_D_35.710_-83.970_1773650880000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1773650880000,"latitude":35.71,"longitude":-83.97},{"id":"iem_D_35.960_-83.850_1773648480000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1773648480000,"latitude":35.96,"longitude":-83.85}] |
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Calamity.live data shows a weather event with CalamityScore 34/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.