This alert expired on 8 August 2026 at 20:37 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 5th strongest of the 151 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 17 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 15 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Special Marine Warning issued August 8 at 4:27PM EDT until August 8 at 4:30PM EDT by NWS Upton NY
An estimated 27,606,020 people live within 50 km of this point.
Nearby, since 17 March 2026
- August 8, 2026 · score 52 · 1.8 km
- July 15, 2026 · score 52 · 3.0 km
- March 17, 2026 · score 52 · 5.4 km
How we know
Confirmed by 3 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 52 out of 100, at 90 % confidence.
The score is ours, computed from intensity, exposed population and local history — not the source’s.
Event Data
| Type | Severe weather |
| Severity | medium |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 52 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 90% |
| Coordinates | 40.6017, -73.8188 |
| Nearest City | Far Rockaway (5 km) |
| Population Exposed | 27.6M within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-08-08T20:27:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Special Marine Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.496fa463a224d787057b8f4452eeaf8c |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Special Marine Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Likely |
| AreaDesc | New York Harbor; Sandy Hook NJ to Fire Island Inlet NY out 20 NM; South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through Shinnecock Bay; Sandy Hook NJ to Fire Island Inlet NY out 20 NM |
| Headline | Special Marine Warning issued August 8 at 4:27PM EDT until August 8 at 4:30PM EDT by NWS Upton NY |
| Expires | 2026-08-08T16:37:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Upton NY |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 2 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.496fa463a224d787057b8f4452eeaf8cffcc0db6.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8f4ec5eb93d95cf14b80e8d96eeb795eae662eb9.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | M |
| Iem Magnitude | 40 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | Breezy Point |
| Iem County | Queens |
| Iem State | NY |
| Iem Wfo | OKX |
| Iem Remark | 40 mph wind gust observed on a Mesonet on Oceanside Drive. |
| Google News RssFeed | weather |
| Google News SourceName | cedarnews.net |
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Series begins 10 February 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 52/100, near Far Rockaway (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.