Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 22

Severe Weather in United States

United StatesNOAA

Right now

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 7 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 16 March 2026 at 12:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 6th strongest of the 11 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Special Marine Warning issued March 16 at 5:26AM CDT until March 16 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS New Orleans LA

Nearby, since 16 March 2026

How we know

Confirmed by 2 independent sources, including NOAA.

Our own score for this event is 22 out of 100, at 64 % 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)22 / 100
Our confidence64%
Coordinates29.8985, -88.6860
Nearest CityPascagoula (54 km)
Impact Tierminor
Timestamp2026-03-16T10:26:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Special Marine Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6f5387b5c767f63752ee4fff0fb8fc38

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
0
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSpecial Marine Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyLikely
AreaDescChandeleur Sound; Breton Sound; Coastal Waters from Boothville LA to Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River out 20 nm; Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island Louisiana out 20 to 60 NM; Mississippi Sound; Chandeleur Sound; Breton Sound; Coastal Waters from Boothville LA to Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River out 20 nm; Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island Louisiana out 20 to 60 NM
HeadlineSpecial Marine Warning issued March 16 at 5:26AM CDT until March 16 at 7:00AM CDT by NWS New Orleans LA
Expires2026-03-16T07:00:00-05:00
SenderNameNWS New Orleans LA
HasExactCoordstrue
MergedCount2
MergedIds["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6f5387b5c767f63752ee4fff0fb8fc38739e66ac.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f0fe29ee30bde39894256acc0a3b5377e265d095.001.1"]
Iem TypeSummaryM
Iem Magnitude45
Iem UnitMPH
Iem City12 SSE Gulfport
Iem CountyGMZ532
Iem StateMS
Iem WfoLIX
Iem RemarkMesonet station XSHI Ship Island.
MergedSources[{"id":"iem_M_30.230_-88.980_1773652200000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1773652200000,"latitude":30.23,"longitude":-88.98}]

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 22/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.