Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 4 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 13:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 5th strongest of the 14 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 8:38AM EDT until March 16 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
Nearby, since 16 March 2026
- July 14, 2026 · score 22 · 17.8 km
- July 12, 2026 · score 39 · 20.8 km
- July 12, 2026 · score 43 · 25.5 km
How we know
One source: NOAA. Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 22 out of 100, at 56 % 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) | 22 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 56% |
| Coordinates | 33.6364, -82.7840 |
| Nearest City | Evans (62 km) |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-03-16T12:38:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3d097f77ce61b9d934c592e796c96cae |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Columbia, GA; Lincoln, GA; McDuffie, GA; Edgefield, SC; McCormick, SC; Cleveland, NC; Polk, NC; Rutherford, NC; Alleghany, NC; Ashe, NC; Surry, NC; Wilkes, NC and 14 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 8:38AM EDT until March 16 at 9:00AM EDT by NWS Columbia SC |
| Expires | 2026-03-16T09:00:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Columbia SC |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 17 |
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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 22/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.