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 10:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 21st strongest of the 33 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 2 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Special Marine Warning issued March 16 at 3:54AM CDT until March 16 at 5:30AM CDT by NWS New Orleans LA
An estimated 87,411 people live within 50 km of this point.
Nearby, since 16 March 2026
- August 2, 2026 · score 22 · 11.3 km
- June 25, 2026 · score 16 · 11.4 km
- July 22, 2026 · score 43 · 13.8 km
How we know
Confirmed by 3 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 39 out of 100, at 87 % 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
| Type | Severe Weather |
| Severity | Medium |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 39 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 87% |
| Coordinates | 29.9886, -89.3232 |
| Nearest City | Long Beach (43 km) |
| Population Exposed | 87.4K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-03-16T08:54:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Special Marine Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a0d3e02e91b6f2eb13e4e860d9ee8098 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Special Marine Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Likely |
| AreaDesc | 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; Mississippi Sound; Lake Borgne; Chandeleur Sound; Breton Sound; Coastal waters from Pascagoula Mississippi to Stake Island out 20 NM |
| Headline | Special Marine Warning issued March 16 at 3:54AM CDT until March 16 at 5:30AM CDT by NWS New Orleans LA |
| Expires | 2026-03-16T05:30:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS New Orleans LA |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 2 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a0d3e02e91b6f2eb13e4e860d9ee809817d0b211.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ce13b7831e7955d7f56c6bb0007830380f32026f.001.1"] |
| Spc ReportType | wind |
| Spc Speed | 60 |
| Spc Location | 6 WSW East New Orleans |
| Spc County | Orleans |
| Spc State | LA |
| Spc Comments | KNEW recorded a wind gust of 60 mph. (LIX) |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"spc_wind_30.28_-89.76_335","source":"spc","severity":"medium","severityValue":45,"timestamp":1773648060000,"latitude":30.28,"longitude":-89.76},{"id":"spc_wind_30.04_-90.03_337","source":"spc","severity":"medium","severityValue":45,"timestamp":1773648240000,"latitude":30.04,"longitude":-90.03}] |
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 39/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.