This alert expired on 16 March 2026 at 01:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 33rd strongest of the 216 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 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 7:35PM CDT until March 15 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL
An estimated 167,716 people live within 50 km of this point.
Nearby, since 16 March 2026
- June 18, 2026 · score 49 · 15.0 km
- June 11, 2026 · score 67 · 17.1 km
How we know
Confirmed by 2 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 43 out of 100, at 83 % 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 | Medium |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 43 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 83% |
| Coordinates | 39.6977, -88.1264 |
| Nearest City | Charleston (22 km) |
| Population Exposed | 167.7K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-03-16T00:35:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9c93cf80c0b114cf5fd2f9ecb596810a |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Ford, IL; Iroquois, IL; Edgar, IL; Vermilion, IL; Coles, IL; Cumberland, IL; Richland, IL and 1 more areas |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 15 at 7:35PM CDT until March 15 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Chicago IL |
| Expires | 2026-03-15T20:00:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Chicago IL |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 4 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9c93cf80c0b114cf5fd2f9ecb596810a48840efd.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.07e6f08598aaadb518e829b1e742f109e827a9da.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d41bc5fe917fe0672bffbd9814eb71b50a4fd722.002.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.74ef79d42cec53e580ff8bb3037be6445451424e.001.1"] |
| Spc ReportType | wind |
| Spc Speed | 61 |
| Spc Location | 2 SE Arthur |
| Spc County | Douglas |
| Spc State | IL |
| Spc Comments | 8 inch diameter tree branches down. (ILX) |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"spc_wind_39.70_-88.45_41","source":"spc","severity":"medium","severityValue":45,"timestamp":1773621409392,"latitude":39.7,"longitude":-88.45}] |
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 43/100, near Charleston (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.