Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 1 minute 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 01:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 151st strongest of the 237 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 11 March 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 2 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 7 at 7:27PM EDT until August 7 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ
Urban PEI: 39,403 within a heuristic 50 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 11 March 2026
- August 27, 2026 · score 34 · 0.0 km
- August 8, 2026 · score 34 · 0.0 km
- July 22, 2026 · score 46 · 0.0 km
How we know
3 recorded sources include NOAA; independence is not established by this count.
Our own score for this event is 34 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) | 34 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.87/1 |
| Coordinates | 39.0000, -75.5000 |
| Nearest City | Dover (18 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 39.4K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-08-07T23:27:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a27e94eb11b60958ba968423260d05b6b56beb37.003.1 |
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: 2026-08-07T23:27:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-08-07T23:57:27.734Z. 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 Watch |
| Urgency | Future |
| Certainty | Possible |
| AreaDesc | Kent, DE; Sussex, DE; Caroline, MD; Queen Anne's, MD; Talbot, MD |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 7 at 7:27PM EDT until August 7 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Mount Holly NJ |
| Expires | 2026-08-07T21:00:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Mount Holly NJ |
| HasExactCoords | false |
| Iem TypeSummary | M |
| Iem Magnitude | 39 |
| Iem Unit | mph |
| Iem City | 2 SSE Hollywood Beach |
| Iem County | ANZ530 |
| Iem State | MD |
| Iem Wfo | LWX |
| Iem Remark | A thunderstorm produced an estimated wind gust to 34 knots (39 MPH) near a personal weather station (KMDEARLE31) adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_M_39.210_-76.250_1786140720000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1786140720000,"latitude":39.21,"longitude":-76.25},{"id":"iem_M_39.480_-75.900_1786137300000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1786137300000,"latitude":39.48,"longitude":-75.9}] |
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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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