Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 10 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 25 May 2026 at 23:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 4th strongest of the 25 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. One more was recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Special Marine Warning issued May 25 at 6:14PM EDT until May 25 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
An estimated 486,440 people live within 50 km of this point.
Nearby, since 16 March 2026
- July 22, 2026 · score 43 · 8.4 km
- August 10, 2026 · score 43 · 9.6 km
- July 22, 2026 · score 43 · 14.3 km
How we know
Confirmed by 4 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 43 out of 100, at 91 % 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) | 43 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 91% |
| Coordinates | 37.4235, -76.4065 |
| Nearest City | Williamsburg (32 km) |
| Population Exposed | 486.4K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-05-25T22:14:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.06f00874c612daf9275eb832fda5f694e21269b0.001.1 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Special Marine Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Likely |
| AreaDesc | Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA; Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VA; Chesapeake Bay from New Point Comfort to Little Creek VA; Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point; York River |
| Headline | Special Marine Warning issued May 25 at 6:14PM EDT until May 25 at 7:15PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA |
| Expires | 2026-05-25T19:15:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Wakefield VA |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| Iem TypeSummary | F |
| Iem City | 1 ESE Newport News Golf |
| Iem County | City of Newport New |
| Iem State | VA |
| Iem Wfo | AKQ |
| Iem Remark | Videos shared via social media showed standing water, several inches deep, across a yard on the north side of Newport News. The video showed water up to the ankle of the individual. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_E_37.170_-76.450_1779735900000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779735900000,"latitude":37.17,"longitude":-76.45},{"id":"iem_F_37.170_-76.530_1779746280000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779746280000,"latitude":37.17,"longitude":-76.53},{"id":"iem_F_37.170_-76.530_1779747660000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1779747660000,"latitude":37.17,"longitude":-76.53}] |
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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