Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 34

Severe Weather in United States

OrangeburgUnited StatesNOAA

Right now

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 2 minutes ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

14 other detections within 20 km in the last 24 hours, the nearest 20 km from here.

This alert expired on 7 July 2026 at 00:45 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 17th strongest of the 37 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 6 July 2026.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 6 at 7:56PM EDT until July 6 at 8:45PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC

An estimated 48,848 people live within 50 km of this point.

Nearby, since 6 July 2026

How we know

Confirmed by 3 independent sources, including NOAA.

Our own score for this event is 34 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

TypeSevere Weather
SeverityMedium
Calamity Score (ours)34 / 100
Our confidence91%
Coordinates33.3386, -80.3614
Nearest CitySummerville (39 km)
Population Exposed48.8K within 50 km
Impact Tiersignificant
Timestamp2026-07-06T23:56:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.592722c2f7fe06bce98ffdcf5f20926452692c26.001.1

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
40
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSevere Thunderstorm Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyObserved
AreaDescClarendon, SC; Orangeburg, SC
HeadlineSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued July 6 at 7:56PM EDT until July 6 at 8:45PM EDT by NWS Columbia SC
Expires2026-07-06T20:45:00-04:00
SenderNameNWS Columbia SC
HasExactCoordstrue
Iem TypeSummaryD
Iem City4 W Jamestown
Iem CountyBerkeley
Iem StateSC
Iem WfoCHS
Iem RemarkBerkeley County Emergency Management reported a tree down near the intersection of Highway 45 and Highway 17A.
MergedSources[{"id":"iem_D_33.190_-79.940_1783378200000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1783378200000,"latitude":33.19,"longitude":-79.94},{"id":"iem_D_33.290_-79.760_1783377900000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1783377900000,"latitude":33.29,"longitude":-79.76}]

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 34/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.