Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 2 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 04:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 3rd strongest of the 13 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 4 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 15 at 10:23PM CDT until March 15 at 11:15PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL
How we know
Confirmed by 3 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 28 out of 100, at 67 % 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 | High |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 28 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 67% |
| Coordinates | 35.1373, -88.1426 |
| Nearest City | Florence (56 km) |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Date | 2026-03-16 — time not reported by the source |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.23fb36706e318f972e1e0078d7a11839 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Lamar, AL; Marion, AL; Franklin, AL; Lawrence, AL; Chickasaw, MS; Itawamba, MS; Lee, MS; Monroe, MS and 21 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 15 at 10:23PM CDT until March 15 at 11:15PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL |
| Expires | 2026-03-15T23:15:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Birmingham AL |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 24 |
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| Spc ReportType | hail |
| Spc Speed | 100 |
| Spc Location | 3 ESE Kossuth |
| Spc County | Alcorn |
| Spc State | MS |
| Spc Comments | (MEG) |
| Iem TypeSummary | H |
| Iem Magnitude | 1 |
| Iem Unit | Inch |
| Iem City | 3 ESE Kossuth |
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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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Calamity.live data shows a weather event with CalamityScore 28/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.