This alert expired on 16 March 2026 at 14:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 11th strongest of the 46 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 16 at 8:54AM EDT until March 16 at 10:00AM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
An estimated 37,867 people live within 50 km of this point.
Nearby, since 16 March 2026
- June 28, 2026 · score 43 · 7.1 km
- June 27, 2026 · score 32 · 16.4 km
- July 5, 2026 · score 43 · 18.5 km
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 80 % 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 | 80% |
| Coordinates | 34.6960, -81.5726 |
| Nearest City | Spartanburg (43 km) |
| Population Exposed | 37.9K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-03-16T12:54:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.89fbd147a51670fc50091cb721e92c44 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Burke, GA; Richmond, GA; Aiken, SC; Barnwell, SC; Hancock, GA; Taliaferro, GA; Warren, GA; Wilkes, GA; Emanuel, GA; Jefferson, GA; Johnson, GA and 11 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 8:54AM EDT until March 16 at 10:00AM EDT by NWS Columbia SC |
| Expires | 2026-03-16T10:00:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Columbia SC |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 14 |
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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.