Severe Weather near St. Charles
This alert expired on 8 August 2026 at 21:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 5th strongest of the 144 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 17 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 16 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Special Marine Warning issued August 8 at 4:29PM EDT until August 8 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC
An estimated 2,761,270 people live within 50 km of this point.
Nearby, since 17 March 2026
- August 8, 2026 · score 52 · 4.8 km
- July 4, 2026 · score 52 · 7.5 km
- March 21, 2026 · score 52 · 8.3 km
How we know
Confirmed by 6 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 | 38.6344, -76.7133 |
| Nearest City | St. Charles (18 km) |
| Population Exposed | 2.8M within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-08-08T20:29:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Special Marine Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e505a000af6beb4a81df38028510cf5c |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Special Marine Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Likely |
| AreaDesc | Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD; Eastern Bay; Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD |
| Headline | Special Marine Warning issued August 8 at 4:29PM EDT until August 8 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC |
| Expires | 2026-08-08T17:30:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Baltimore MD/Washington DC |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| MergedCount | 2 |
| MergedIds | ["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e505a000af6beb4a81df38028510cf5c238d0255.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.529ec1317de5791448ba88998e4c4e3995bdc892.001.1"] |
| Iem TypeSummary | M |
| Iem Magnitude | 39 |
| Iem Unit | mph |
| Iem City | 2 ENE Brooklyn Park |
| Iem County | Baltimore City |
| Iem State | MD |
| Iem Wfo | LWX |
| Iem Remark | A wind gust of 34 knots (39 MPH) was measured by the Baltimore Tower mesonet (MSI05) adjacent to the tidal Patapsco River. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_M_39.220_-76.530_1786210200000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1786210200000,"latitude":39.22,"longitude":-76.53},{"id":"iem_M_39.280_-76.610_1786209540000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1786209540000,"latitude":39.28,"longitude":-76.61},{"id":"iem_M_39.220_-76.530_1786209840000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1786209840000,"latitude":39.22,"longitude":-76.53},{"id":"iem_M_39.200_-76.520_1786210200000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1786210200000,"latitude":39.2,"longitude":-76.52},{"id":"iem_M_39.230_-76.580_1786210200000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1786210200000,"latitude":39.23,"longitude":-76.58}] |
Safety Information
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Series begins 10 February 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 52/100, near St. Charles (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.