Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 5 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 6 August 2026 at 19:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 31st strongest of the 41 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 8 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 6 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Special Marine Warning issued August 6 at 3:02PM EDT until August 6 at 3:30PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
Nearby, since 8 March 2026
- May 26, 2026 · score 34 · 6.3 km
- June 28, 2026 · score 22 · 6.5 km
- July 12, 2026 · score 22 · 10.6 km
How we know
One source: NOAA. Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 16 out of 100.
This is our versioned heuristic index, not source severity or a calibrated probability. Urban PEI does not count unique people.
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) | 16 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.61/1 |
| Coordinates | 35.4430, -76.5980 |
| Nearest City | New Bern (55 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 0 within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-08-06T19:02:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Special Marine Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.607449ed71bdb4112b7259c96fa300af |
Physical priority index · v1. Heuristic priority, not calibrated probability, predictive accuracy or damage. The legacy data-support index combines assigned source support and field availability. Urban PEI is distance-weighted and does not count unique people; zero does not establish that nobody is present. Model cards.
Source and revision timeline
Source: noaa. Occurrence: 2026-08-06T19:02:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-08-06T19:17:38.474Z. Material modification: not recorded.
Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Special Marine Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Likely |
| AreaDesc | Pamlico and Pungo Rivers; Pamlico Sound; Pamlico and Pungo Rivers |
| Headline | Special Marine Warning issued August 6 at 3:02PM EDT until August 6 at 3:30PM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC |
| Expires | 2026-08-06T15:30:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Newport/Morehead City NC |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 2 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.607449ed71bdb4112b7259c96fa300af63145800.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.34b507310dccc9ae1054aff404b47b628db82119.001.1"] |
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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