Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 18 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 18 July 2026 at 19:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 21st strongest of the 95 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026. The last comparable one was on 4 July 2026. 5 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 18 at 2:44PM EDT until July 18 at 3:00PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Urban PEI: 145,329 within a heuristic 50 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 16 March 2026
- June 12, 2026 · score 43 · 6.9 km
- May 27, 2026 · score 43 · 11.3 km
- August 4, 2026 · score 43 · 18.7 km
How we know
One source: NOAA. Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 37 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) | 37 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.80/1 |
| Coordinates | 37.4750, -79.1380 |
| Nearest City | Lynchburg (7 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 145.3K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-07-18T18:44:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b07932343839df58f45d68a2292a6310 |
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: 2026-07-18T18:44:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-07-18T18:45:33.872Z. 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 | Burke, NC; Cleveland, NC; Rutherford, NC; Stokes, NC; Surry, NC; Yadkin, NC; Granville, NC and 7 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 18 at 2:44PM EDT until July 18 at 3:00PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC |
| Expires | 2026-07-18T15:00:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 10 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b07932343839df58f45d68a2292a63101768b51f.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2ecb73d4ca9c1efcfd9078d5c31b923ffe1c3aa4.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1e54d742ff5db44af24d4fe8f4197713f520b521.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.03b2cfb0ccb72ba89a6905ca80819044f965e9f7.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.820fb19b15db97e02a86dbff54e5a193c4e4230e.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.17ca050961bf830c1cb28f1856a65a3b6501f20b.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.61a11af7b66c43d8d4508e257b958bda2d4d002b.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.dd01a6b421540c7ea9607de4584cc751b9519801.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b36006c57978c397861afd97dff28e75244812d2.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f99dd88fa73c83172c2b1ae4b1109f97e321839c.001.1"] |
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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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