Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 8 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 6 July 2026 at 22:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 5th strongest of the 78 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 17 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Special Marine Warning issued July 6 at 5:07PM EDT until July 6 at 6:15PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Urban PEI: 1,141,480 within a heuristic 50 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 16 March 2026
- July 6, 2026 · score 52 · 2.3 km
- June 27, 2026 · score 46 · 2.4 km
- June 23, 2026 · score 76 · 7.1 km
How we know
3 recorded sources include NOAA; independence is not established by this count.
Our own score for this event is 52 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) | 52 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.90/1 |
| Coordinates | 36.5976, -76.0141 |
| Nearest City | Virginia Beach (28 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 1.1M within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-07-06T21:07:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7ca10dbb75931241d180ba12d39f2da56065704d.001.1 |
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: 2026-07-06T21:07:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-07-06T22:13:42.421Z. 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 | Special Marine Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Likely |
| AreaDesc | Currituck Sound; Coastal Waters from Cape Charles Light to Virginia-North Carolina border out 20 NM; Coastal waters from NC VA border to Currituck Beach Light NC out 20 NM |
| Headline | Special Marine Warning issued July 6 at 5:07PM EDT until July 6 at 6:15PM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA |
| Expires | 2026-07-06T18:15:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Wakefield VA |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| Iem TypeSummary | F |
| Iem City | 2 SSE Gallups Corner |
| Iem County | City of Virginia Be |
| Iem State | VA |
| Iem Wfo | AKQ |
| Iem Remark | Flooding reported by motorists via WAZE. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_M_36.700_-75.930_1783373100000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1783373100000,"latitude":36.7,"longitude":-75.93},{"id":"iem_F_36.770_-76.120_1783373400000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1783373400000,"latitude":36.77,"longitude":-76.12}] |
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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