Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 22

Severe Weather in United States

IndependenceUnited StatesNOAA

This alert expired on 15 March 2026 at 23:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 2nd strongest of the 9 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 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 6:06PM CDT until March 15 at 6:15PM CDT by NWS Paducah KY

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 57 % 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)22 / 100
Our confidence57%
Coordinates35.7744, -91.3827
Nearest CityJonesboro (62 km)
Impact Tierminor
Timestamp2026-03-15T23:06:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.953955c521a7cd39855aaf73089d4217

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
0
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSevere Thunderstorm Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyObserved
AreaDescButler, MO; Wayne, MO; Clay, AR; Craighead, AR; Greene, AR; Mississippi, AR; Poinsett, AR; Dunklin, MO; Pemiscot, MO; Madison, MO and 24 more areas
HeadlineSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued March 15 at 6:06PM CDT until March 15 at 6:15PM CDT by NWS Paducah KY
Expires2026-03-15T18:15:00-05:00
SenderNameNWS Paducah KY
HasExactCoordstrue
MergedCount27
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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.