Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 17 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 8 August 2026 at 20:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
No stronger detection stands among the 62 recorded within 20 km of this point since 1 April 2026 — 9 others scored the same. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 20 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 8 at 4:07PM EDT until August 8 at 4:30PM EDT by NWS Albany NY
Urban PEI: 325,505 within a heuristic 50 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 1 April 2026
- July 3, 2026 · score 43 · 12.3 km
- August 6, 2026 · score 43 · 14.6 km
- August 8, 2026 · score 43 · 18.8 km
How we know
One source: NOAA. Not yet confirmed by a second, independent source.
Our own score for this event is 43 out of 100.
This is our versioned heuristic index, not source severity or a calibrated probability. Urban PEI does not count unique people.
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 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.79/1 |
| Coordinates | 42.4250, -73.5717 |
| Nearest City | Pittsfield (27 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 325.5K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-08-08T20:07:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.6d9c36f2bdda33a83bf2ca2a90e048e808ab25a9.002.1 |
Physical priority index · v1. Heuristic priority, not calibrated probability, predictive accuracy or damage. The legacy data-support index combines assigned source support and field availability. Urban PEI is distance-weighted and does not count unique people; zero does not establish that nobody is present. Model cards.
Source and revision timeline
Source: noaa. Occurrence: 2026-08-08T20:07:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-08-08T20:20:02.573Z. Material modification: not recorded.
Retained revisions are prospective; earlier versions may be unavailable. No revision entry does not prove that a record never changed.
Score Breakdown
Technical Details
| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| AreaDesc | Columbia, NY; Rensselaer, NY |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 8 at 4:07PM EDT until August 8 at 4:30PM EDT by NWS Albany NY |
| Expires | 2026-08-08T16:30:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Albany NY |
| HasExactCoords | true |
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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