Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 34

Severe Weather in United States

United StatesNOAA

Right now

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 3 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 11:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 7th strongest of the 18 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 5:31AM CDT until March 16 at 6:30AM CDT by NWS Mobile AL

An estimated 22,126 people live within 50 km of this point.

Nearby, since 16 March 2026

How we know

Confirmed by 2 independent sources, including NOAA.

Our own score for this event is 34 out of 100, at 83 % 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)34 / 100
Our confidence83%
Coordinates30.0246, -88.2376
Nearest CityPascagoula (49 km)
Population Exposed22.1K within 50 km
Impact Tiersignificant
Timestamp2026-03-16T10:31:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/merged_Special Marine Warning_noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d482bd6fb7c7b528913c274ab7699986

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
40
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSpecial Marine Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyLikely
AreaDescNorth Mobile Bay; South Mobile Bay; Mississippi Sound; Perdido Bay Area; Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM; 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 5:31AM CDT until March 16 at 6:30AM CDT by NWS Mobile AL
Expires2026-03-16T06:30:00-05:00
SenderNameNWS Mobile AL
HasExactCoordstrue
MergedCount2
MergedIds["noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.d482bd6fb7c7b528913c274ab769998626a81e4d.001.1","noaa_urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6f5387b5c767f63752ee4fff0fb8fc38739e66ac.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.

This data is aggregated algorithmically from scientific sources. Not a replacement for official emergency warnings.

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Calamity.live data shows a weather event with CalamityScore 34/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.