Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 27 minutes ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.
This alert expired on 17 March 2026 at 03:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 9:57PM EDT until March 16 at 11:15PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
How we know
2 recorded sources include NOAA; independence is not established by this count.
Our own score for this event is 22 out of 100.
This is our versioned heuristic index, not source severity or a calibrated probability. Urban PEI does not count unique people.
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 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.63/1 |
| Coordinates | 37.9277, -76.0694 |
| Nearest City | Salisbury (63 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 0 within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-03-17T01:57:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.89644798b2d8c92e6487fb46968e1b00 |
Physical priority index · v1. Heuristic priority, not calibrated probability, predictive accuracy or damage. The legacy data-support index combines assigned source support and field availability. Urban PEI is distance-weighted and does not count unique people; zero does not establish that nobody is present. Model cards.
Source and revision timeline
Source: noaa. Occurrence: 2026-03-17T01:57:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-03-17T02:00:07.049Z. Material modification: not recorded.
Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Accomack, VA; Northampton, VA; Camden, NC; Currituck, NC; Pasquotank, NC; City of Chesapeake, VA; City of Norfolk, VA; City of Virginia Beach, VA; Camden, NC; Chowan, NC; Gates, NC; Pasquotank, NC; Perquimans, NC; Isle of Wight, VA; York, VA; City of Chesapeake, VA; City of Hampton, VA; City of Newport News, VA; City of Norfolk, VA; City of Poquoson, VA; City of Portsmouth, VA; City of Suffolk, VA and 4 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 9:57PM EDT until March 16 at 11:15PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA |
| Expires | 2026-03-16T23:15:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Wakefield VA |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 7 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.89644798b2d8c92e6487fb46968e1b00ba27e203.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.abca594f2c442f596fdd5fa2f9bb1f050565623d.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ca69b6c848080a38413f768116f9a90e006fe943.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e41c6ea05a9c323760531aebdb53908d2fb4aedf.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.94cdb5d93f54a5678c55acc4cfb55a66f2ed8304.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8acf42f3c561725a6ed1b1e7ceabd8fdd4484fd8.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.140f9e1a5ed1b6954232c428264921ebed8a9a0f.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | M |
| Iem Magnitude | 47 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | 2 S Deltaville |
| Iem County | Middlesex |
| Iem State | VA |
| Iem Wfo | AKQ |
| Iem Remark | 41 kt gust at Tempest Wx Station 115717 Near Stove Point Road, Deltaville on the Piankatank River. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_M_37.530_-76.330_1773693600000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1773693600000,"latitude":37.53,"longitude":-76.33}] |
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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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