Severe Weather near Wilkes-Barre
Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 3 hours 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 4 September 2026 at 01:30 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
No stronger detection stands among the 32 recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026 — 26 others scored the same. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 3 at 9:04PM EDT until September 3 at 9:30PM EDT by NWS Binghamton NY
Urban PEI: 169,696 within a heuristic 50 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 16 March 2026
- September 3, 2026 · score 37 · 5.1 km
- August 28, 2026 · 9.0 km
- July 1, 2026 · 16.3 km
How we know
3 recorded sources include NOAA; independence is not established by this count.
Our own score for this event is 37 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 v4. Rows carrying other versions were judged by different rules and are not directly comparable.
Event Data
| Type | Severe Weather |
| Severity | Medium |
| Calamity Score (ours) | 37 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.91/1 |
| Coordinates | 41.1550, -75.7608 |
| Nearest City | Wilkes-Barre (15 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 169.7K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-09-04T01:04:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.70739b18aaeea46dbe4de7b857f90124a2e97fe8.001.1 |
Physical priority index · v4 (historical). 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: 2026-09-04T01:04:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-09-04T01:08:47.099Z. 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 | Lackawanna, PA; Luzerne, PA |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 3 at 9:04PM EDT until September 3 at 9:30PM EDT by NWS Binghamton NY |
| Expires | 2026-09-03T21:30:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Binghamton NY |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| Spc ReportType | wind |
| Spc Speed | UNK |
| Spc Location | 1 W Wilkes-Barre |
| Spc County | Luzerne |
| Spc State | PA |
| Spc Comments | Trees and wires down on Sheldon Street in Wilkes-Barre. (BGM) |
| Iem TypeSummary | D |
| Iem City | 3 E West Lenox |
| Iem County | Susquehanna |
| Iem State | PA |
| Iem Wfo | BGM |
| Iem Remark | Tree down on State Route 92. |
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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