Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 22

Severe Weather in United States

ClarionUnited StatesNOAA

Right now

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 4 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 17 March 2026 at 23:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 17th strongest of the 59 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 17 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 3 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Snow Squall Warning issued March 17 at 6:35PM EDT until March 17 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Pittsburgh PA

Nearby, since 17 March 2026

How we know

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

Our own score for this event is 22 out of 100, at 61 % 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)22 / 100
Our confidence61%
Coordinates41.2217, -79.5239
Nearest CityNew Castle (73 km)
Impact Tierminor
Timestamp2026-03-17T22:35:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.4ca88c592bd1ac1decfbc46e661f4190c5446974.001.1

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
0
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSnow Squall Warning
UrgencyExpected
CertaintyLikely
AreaDescArmstrong, PA; Butler, PA; Clarion, PA; Forest, PA; Jefferson, PA; Mercer, PA; Venango, PA
HeadlineSnow Squall Warning issued March 17 at 6:35PM EDT until March 17 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Pittsburgh PA
Expires2026-03-17T19:00:00-04:00
SenderNameNWS Pittsburgh PA
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 22/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.