Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 34

Severe Weather near Greenwood

LaurensUnited StatesNOAA

Right now

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 10 minutes ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

42 other detections within 20 km in the last 24 hours, the nearest 5 km from here.

This alert expired on 22 May 2026 at 20:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 5th strongest of the 52 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 22 May 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. One more was recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued May 22 at 3:40PM EDT until May 22 at 4:15PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC

An estimated 43,996 people live within 50 km of this point.

Nearby, since 22 May 2026

How we know

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

Our own score for this event is 34 out of 100, at 79 % 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 confidence79%
Coordinates34.3571, -82.1100
Nearest CityGreenwood (18 km)
Population Exposed44.0K within 50 km
Impact Tiersignificant
Timestamp2026-05-22T19:40:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.90f10735890cd224fe04809d43c948f199f179f0.001.1

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
40
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSevere Thunderstorm Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyObserved
AreaDescGreenwood, SC; Laurens, SC
HeadlineSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued May 22 at 3:40PM EDT until May 22 at 4:15PM EDT by NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
Expires2026-05-22T16:15:00-04:00
SenderNameNWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC
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 34/100, near Greenwood (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.