Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 48

Severe Weather near Lackawanna

United StatesNOAA

This alert expired on 26 June 2026 at 04:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 3rd strongest of the 15 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026. The last comparable one was on 17 June 2026. One more was recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Special Marine Warning issued June 25 at 11:10PM EDT until June 26 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Buffalo NY

An estimated 890,171 people live within 50 km of this point.

Nearby, since 16 March 2026

How we know

Confirmed by 2 independent sources, including NOAA.

Our own score for this event is 48 out of 100, at 84 % 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)48 / 100
Our confidence84%
Coordinates42.6660, -79.0767
Nearest CityLackawanna (28 km)
Population Exposed890.2K within 50 km
Impact Tiersignificant
Timestamp2026-06-26T03:10:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.9d1139ba462f1452e663d87356f12465ddbf660b.001.1

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
85
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSpecial Marine Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyLikely
AreaDescRipley to Dunkirk NY; Dunkirk to Buffalo NY; Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border
HeadlineSpecial Marine Warning issued June 25 at 11:10PM EDT until June 26 at 12:00AM EDT by NWS Buffalo NY
Expires2026-06-26T00:00:00-04:00
SenderNameNWS Buffalo NY
HasExactCoordstrue
Iem TypeSummaryM
Iem Magnitude40
Iem UnitMPH
Iem City2 NNW Westfield
Iem CountyLEZ040
Iem StateNY
Iem WfoBUF
Iem Remark35 knot wind gusts measured at Barcelona Harbor.
MergedSources[{"id":"iem_M_42.350_-79.600_1782442800000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1782442800000,"latitude":42.35,"longitude":-79.6}]

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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Calamity.live data shows a weather event with CalamityScore 48/100, near Lackawanna (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.