Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 19 minutes ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.
One other detection within 20 km in the last 24 hours, 25 km from here.
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 34 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.