This alert expired on 12 August 2026 at 08:47 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 101st strongest of the 264 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 17 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 12 at 3:37AM CDT until August 12 at 3:45AM CDT by NWS Grand Forks ND
An estimated 194,125 people live within 50 km of this point.
Nearby, since 15 March 2026
- June 29, 2026 · score 43 · 9.1 km
- June 19, 2026 · score 43 · 11.7 km
- September 4, 2026 · score 37 · 19.8 km
How we know
One source: NOAA. Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 43 out of 100, at 79 % 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) | 43 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 79% |
| Coordinates | 46.8000, -96.6420 |
| Nearest City | Moorhead (12 km) |
| Population Exposed | 194.1K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-08-12T08:37:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.660c84b4113b52c59cda23d0a30ad87f |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Clay, MN; Cass, ND; Becker, MN; Clay, MN; Otter Tail, MN |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 12 at 3:37AM CDT until August 12 at 3:45AM CDT by NWS Grand Forks ND |
| Expires | 2026-08-12T03:47:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Grand Forks ND |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 2 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.660c84b4113b52c59cda23d0a30ad87f9c548c14.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bb4979e111ce437eb79b6d89d09a5a34ab29fa06.001.1"] |
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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Calamity.live data shows a weather event with CalamityScore 43/100, near Moorhead (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.