Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 34 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 06:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 2nd strongest of the 64 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 5 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 12:13AM CDT until March 16 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL
An estimated 342,371 people live within 50 km of this point.
Nearby, since 16 March 2026
- June 7, 2026 · score 43 · 2.1 km
- July 19, 2026 · score 43 · 20.8 km
- July 5, 2026 · score 43 · 21.4 km
How we know
Confirmed by 13 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 49 out of 100, at 88 % 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 | High |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 49 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 88% |
| Coordinates | 34.9513, -86.7989 |
| Nearest City | Athens (23 km) |
| Population Exposed | 342.4K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | severe |
| Timestamp | 2026-03-16T05:13:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8aca64b72433ceb4a2ae89928757d955 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Greene, AL; Sumter, AL; Fayette, AL; Walker, AL; Winston, AL; Kemper, MS; Noxubee, MS and 13 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 12:13AM CDT until March 16 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL |
| Expires | 2026-03-16T01:00:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Birmingham AL |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 17 |
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| Spc ReportType | hail |
| Spc Speed | 100 |
| Spc Location | 1 E St. Joseph |
| Spc County | Lawrence |
| Spc State | TN |
| Spc Comments | Quarter size hail at Fairview Road near St. Joseph. (OHX) |
| Iem TypeSummary | O |
| Iem City | 1 S Somerville |
| Iem County | Morgan |
| Iem State | AL |
Safety Information
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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 49/100, near Athens (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.