Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 52

Severe Weather near Indianapolis

MarionUnited StatesNOAA

This alert expired on 16 March 2026 at 06:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 51st strongest of the 453 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 10 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 8 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 15 at 6:42PM EDT until March 16 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana

An estimated 1,525,459 people live within 50 km of this point.

Nearby, since 10 March 2026

How we know

Confirmed by 14 independent sources, including NOAA.

Our own score for this event is 52 out of 100, at 89 % 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)52 / 100
Our confidence89%
Coordinates39.8000, -86.1000
Nearest CityIndianapolis (6 km)
Population Exposed1.5M within 50 km
Impact Tiersignificant
Timestamp2026-03-15T22:42:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Severe Thunderstorm Watch_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3696353ce091605de7d65115af354aca

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
100
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSevere Thunderstorm Watch
UrgencyFuture
CertaintyPossible
AreaDescAdams, IN; Allen, IN; Blackford, IN; Cass, IN; De Kalb, IN; Elkhart, IN; Fulton, IN; Grant, IN; Huntington, IN; Jay, IN; Kosciusko, IN; Lagrange, IN; La Porte, IN; Marshall, IN; Miami, IN; Noble, IN; Pulaski, IN; St. Joseph, IN; Starke, IN; Steuben, IN; Wabash, IN; Wells, IN; White, IN; Whitley, IN; Berrien, MI; Branch, MI; Cass, MI; Hillsdale, MI; St. Joseph, MI; Allen, OH; Defiance, OH; Fulton, OH; Henry, OH; Paulding, OH; Putnam, OH; Van Wert, OH; Williams, OH; New Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI; Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI
HeadlineSevere Thunderstorm Watch issued March 15 at 6:42PM EDT until March 16 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana
Expires2026-03-16T02:00:00-04:00
SenderNameNWS Northern Indiana
HasExactCoordsfalse
MergedCount2
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Iem TypeSummaryN
Iem Magnitude53
Iem UnitMPH
Iem City6 NNE Zionsville
Iem CountyBoone
Iem StateIN
Iem WfoIND
Iem RemarkAWOS station KTYQ Indianapolis Exc.
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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.

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Calamity.live data shows a weather event with CalamityScore 52/100, near Indianapolis (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.