Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 3 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 6 August 2026 at 18:06 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 18th strongest of the 70 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 13 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 3 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 6 at 1:56PM EDT until August 6 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
Urban PEI: 161,391 within a heuristic 50 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 13 March 2026
- June 23, 2026 · score 43 · 8.5 km
- August 10, 2026 · score 43 · 9.8 km
- September 7, 2026 · score 37 · 10.0 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 | 0.81/1 |
| Coordinates | 33.6025, -81.6567 |
| Nearest City | Aiken (8 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 161.4K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-08-06T17:56:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1bf2dae11cde05af4731600ec84e1165 |
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: 2026-08-06T17:56:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-08-06T18:00:23.155Z. 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 | Aiken, SC; Bamberg, SC; Barnwell, SC; Orangeburg, SC; Taliaferro, GA; Warren, GA; Wilkes, GA; Fairfield, SC; Kershaw, SC; Lexington, SC; Newberry, SC; Richland, SC |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 6 at 1:56PM EDT until August 6 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC |
| Expires | 2026-08-06T14:06:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Columbia SC |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 3 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1bf2dae11cde05af4731600ec84e11656ef8bb88.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.01df85437803d7cdda22c4d93db5cc590239fb89.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f532e2058c142458a9507ec783130e237e9ee5bc.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.
This data is aggregated algorithmically from scientific sources. Not a replacement for official emergency warnings.
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