Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 5 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 23 May 2026 at 20:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
No stronger detection stands among the 11 recorded within 20 km of this point since 25 April 2026 — 6 others scored the same. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. One more was recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 23 at 2:36PM CDT until May 23 at 3:15PM CDT by NWS Jackson MS
An estimated 18,837 people live within 50 km of this point.
How we know
One source: NOAA. Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 34 out of 100, at 78 % 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 | 78% |
| Coordinates | 32.1188, -89.1775 |
| Nearest City | Laurel (48 km) |
| Population Exposed | 18.8K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-23T19:36:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2e38183f930c40ffcca8216fedd254c9 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Madison, MS; Rankin, MS; Yazoo, MS; Choctaw, AL; Clarke, AL; Washington, AL |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 23 at 2:36PM CDT until May 23 at 3:15PM CDT by NWS Jackson MS |
| Expires | 2026-05-23T15:15:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Jackson MS |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 2 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2e38183f930c40ffcca8216fedd254c9a82fa9e6.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.553c2096247941635db243eed6917fe463e67f93.001.1"] |
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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 34/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.