This alert expired on 8 August 2026 at 21:18 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
No stronger detection stands among the 99 recorded within 20 km of this point since 12 March 2026 — one other scored the same. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 10 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Special Marine Warning issued August 8 at 5:08PM EDT until August 8 at 5:15PM EDT by NWS Upton NY
An estimated 26,968,703 people live within 50 km of this point.
Nearby, since 12 March 2026
- June 12, 2026 · score 52 · 2.9 km
- June 12, 2026 · score 52 · 4.2 km
- July 21, 2026 · score 46 · 4.4 km
How we know
Confirmed by 5 independent sources, including NOAA.
Our own score for this event is 66 out of 100, at 89 % confidence.
The score is ours, computed from intensity, exposed population and local history — not the source’s.
Event Data
| Type | Severe weather |
| Severity | critical |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 66 / 100 |
| Our confidence | 89% |
| Coordinates | 40.6200, -73.6650 |
| Nearest City | Oceanside (3 km) |
| Population Exposed | 27.0M within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | catastrophic |
| Timestamp | 2026-08-08T21:08:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.238c9205f119a397c879cc5b7ed7a072432c24fe.001.1 |
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Special Marine Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Likely |
| AreaDesc | South Shore Bays from Jones Inlet through Shinnecock Bay; Sandy Hook NJ to Fire Island Inlet NY out 20 NM |
| Headline | Special Marine Warning issued August 8 at 5:08PM EDT until August 8 at 5:15PM EDT by NWS Upton NY |
| Expires | 2026-08-08T17:18:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Upton NY |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| Iem TypeSummary | M |
| Iem Magnitude | 40 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | Breezy Point |
| Iem County | Queens |
| Iem State | NY |
| Iem Wfo | OKX |
| Iem Remark | 40 mph wind gust observed on a Mesonet on Oceanside Drive. |
| Ogimet StationId | 72530 |
| Ogimet WindSpeed | 84 |
| Ogimet WindUnit | knots |
| Ogimet Temperature | 27.2 |
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 66/100, near Oceanside (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 188 scientific monitoring sources.