Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 39

Severe Weather near Elizabethtown

HardinUnited StatesNOAA

Right now

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 6 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 04:45 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 8th strongest of the 28 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026. 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 March 15 at 11:22PM CDT until March 15 at 11:45PM CDT by NWS Huntsville AL

An estimated 52,065 people live within 50 km of this point.

Nearby, since 16 March 2026

How we know

Confirmed by 8 independent sources, including NOAA.

Our own score for this event is 39 out of 100, at 87 % 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

TypeSevere Weather
SeverityMedium
Calamity Score (ours)39 / 100
Our confidence87%
Coordinates37.4667, -85.9188
Nearest CityElizabethtown (25 km)
Population Exposed52.1K within 50 km
Impact Tiersignificant
Date2026-03-16 — time not reported by the source
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.410ac58799f95e5100766648b7b5ddb1

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
55
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSevere Thunderstorm Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyObserved
AreaDescColbert, AL; Lauderdale, AL; Lawrence, AL; Limestone, AL; Madison, AL; Morgan, AL; Lincoln, TN; Clay, TN; De Kalb, TN; Jackson, TN; Macon, TN; Rutherford, TN; Smith, TN; Sumner, TN; Trousdale, TN; Wilson, TN; Fayette, AL; Lamar, AL; Marion, AL; Winston, AL and 13 more areas
HeadlineSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued March 15 at 11:22PM CDT until March 15 at 11:45PM CDT by NWS Huntsville AL
Expires2026-03-15T23:45:00-05:00
SenderNameNWS Huntsville AL
HasExactCoordstrue
MergedCount16
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Spc ReportTypewind
Spc SpeedUNK
Spc LocationLeitchfield
Spc CountyGrayson
Spc StateKY
Spc CommentsMultiple trees down in Leitchfield and about 1400 customers without power. (LMK)
Iem TypeSummaryG
Iem Magnitude62
Iem UnitMPH
Iem City3 WSW Leitchfield

Safety Information

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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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