Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 48

Severe Weather near Newburyport

United 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 4 July 2026 at 19:45 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 6th strongest of the 30 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 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: Special Marine Warning issued July 4 at 3:04PM EDT until July 4 at 3:45PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA

An estimated 813,579 people live within 50 km of this point.

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 48 out of 100, at 78 % 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)48 / 100
Our confidence78%
Coordinates42.8111, -70.6529
Nearest CityNewburyport (19 km)
Population Exposed813.6K within 50 km
Impact Tiersignificant
Timestamp2026-07-04T19:04:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Special Marine Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1f2dfe7d2804e75613401aa457174abb

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
85
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSpecial Marine Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyLikely
AreaDescCoastal waters east of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary; Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay; Ocean Waters from the Merrimack River to Plymouth from 40 to 60 NM; Coastal Waters from Cape Elizabeth, ME to Merrimack River, MA out 25 NM; Waters from Cape Elizabeth ME to Merrimack River MA from 25 to 60 NM
HeadlineSpecial Marine Warning issued July 4 at 3:04PM EDT until July 4 at 3:45PM EDT by NWS Boston/Norton MA
Expires2026-07-04T15:45:00-04:00
SenderNameNWS Boston/Norton MA
HasExactCoordstrue
MergedCount2
MergedIds["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1f2dfe7d2804e75613401aa457174abb3726d159.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0b3f8d729fdc78c1e1333f8166414fc4bed31b58.001.1"]

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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Calamity.live data shows a weather event with CalamityScore 48/100, near Newburyport (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.