Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 22

Severe Weather in United States

UnionUnited StatesNOAA

Right now

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 2 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 16 March 2026 at 14:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 27th strongest of the 36 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 2 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 9:04AM EDT until March 16 at 10:00AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC

Nearby, since 16 March 2026

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 59 % 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 confidence59%
Coordinates34.5457, -81.5752
Nearest CitySpartanburg (55 km)
Impact Tierminor
Timestamp2026-03-16T13:04:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2ac14a1e13c107b0f8a608d6f0dbc8dc

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
0
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSevere Thunderstorm Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyObserved
AreaDescCabarrus, NC; Gaston, NC; Lincoln, NC; Mecklenburg, NC; Alexander, NC; Catawba, NC; Davie, NC; Iredell, NC; Rowan, NC; Alleghany, NC; Surry, NC; Wilkes, NC and 10 more areas
HeadlineSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 9:04AM EDT until March 16 at 10:00AM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Expires2026-03-16T10:00:00-04:00
SenderNameNWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
HasExactCoordstrue
MergedCount13
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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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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.