Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 52

Severe Weather near Indianapolis

MarionUnited StatesNOAA

This alert expired on 13 March 2026 at 23:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 51st strongest of the 453 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 10 March 2026. The last comparable one was on 12 March 2026. 4 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Storm Warning issued March 13 at 11:29AM EDT until March 13 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana

An estimated 1,525,459 people live within 50 km of this point.

Nearby, since 10 March 2026

How we know

Confirmed by 16 independent sources, including NOAA.

Our own score for this event is 52 out of 100, at 89 % 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)52 / 100
Our confidence89%
Coordinates39.8000, -86.1000
Nearest CityIndianapolis (6 km)
Population Exposed1.5M within 50 km
Impact Tiersignificant
Timestamp2026-03-13T15:29:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn-oid-2_49_0_1_840_0_653136c336793a82049e072e83e4c092320706ab_001_1

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
100
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventStorm Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyObserved
AreaDescNew Buffalo MI to St Joseph MI; Michigan City IN to New Buffalo MI
HeadlineStorm Warning issued March 13 at 11:29AM EDT until March 13 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Northern Indiana
Expires2026-03-13T19:30:00-04:00
SenderNameNWS Northern Indiana
HasExactCoordsfalse
Iem TypeSummaryO
Iem City6 ENE Gnaw Bone
Iem CountyBartholomew
Iem StateIN
Iem WfoIND
Iem RemarkTime shown is the time the report was received. Four or five calls received from the Columbus area, including one from this general area...Baker Hollow neighborhood.
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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 52/100, near Indianapolis (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.