Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 48

Severe Weather near Texas City

United StatesNOAA

Right now

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 6 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 23 May 2026 at 12:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 4th strongest of the 53 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 9 March 2026. The last comparable one was on 20 May 2026. 6 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Special Marine Warning issued May 23 at 5:57AM CDT until May 23 at 7:30AM CDT by NWS Houston/Galveston TX

An estimated 783,173 people live within 50 km of this point.

Nearby, since 9 March 2026

How we know

One source: NOAA. Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.

Our own score for this event is 48 out of 100, at 79 % 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)48 / 100
Our confidence79%
Coordinates29.4760, -94.8885
Nearest CityTexas City (11 km)
Population Exposed783.2K within 50 km
Impact Tiersignificant
Timestamp2026-05-23T10:57:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.48bdb3061b56ffecdef22a7f94ced6e91ccca1a2.001.1

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
85
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSpecial Marine Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyLikely
AreaDescGalveston Bay; Coastal waters from High Island to Freeport TX out 20 NM
HeadlineSpecial Marine Warning issued May 23 at 5:57AM CDT until May 23 at 7:30AM CDT by NWS Houston/Galveston TX
Expires2026-05-23T07:30:00-05:00
SenderNameNWS Houston/Galveston TX
HasExactCoordstrue

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 48/100, near Texas City (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.