Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 4 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 7 August 2026 at 17:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 5th strongest of the 14 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 15 March 2026. The last comparable one was on 4 July 2026.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 7 at 11:36AM CDT until August 7 at 12:15PM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Urban PEI: 180,397 within a heuristic 50 km radius; not unique people.
Nearby, since 15 March 2026
- July 4, 2026 · score 43 · 11.9 km
How we know
8 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 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) | 37 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.91/1 |
| Coordinates | 45.6120, -93.7980 |
| Nearest City | Saint Cloud (29 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 180.4K within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | significant |
| Timestamp | 2026-08-07T16:36:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aaa5d28d6919ffba4d4e1eb4569a3df1a0c45619.001.1 |
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: 2026-08-07T16:36:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-08-07T17:02:12.507Z. 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 | Benton, MN; Mille Lacs, MN |
| Headline | Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 7 at 11:36AM CDT until August 7 at 12:15PM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN |
| Expires | 2026-08-07T12:15:00-05:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| Iem TypeSummary | H |
| Iem Magnitude | 1 |
| Iem Unit | Inch |
| Iem City | 1 E St. Cloud |
| Iem County | Stearns |
| Iem State | MN |
| Iem Wfo | MPX |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_H_45.560_-94.160_1786118160000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1786118160000,"latitude":45.56,"longitude":-94.16},{"id":"iem_H_45.560_-94.100_1786118460000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1786118460000,"latitude":45.56,"longitude":-94.1},{"id":"iem_H_45.550_-94.170_1786118160000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1786118160000,"latitude":45.55,"longitude":-94.17},{"id":"iem_H_45.570_-94.160_1786118100000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1786118100000,"latitude":45.57,"longitude":-94.16},{"id":"iem_H_45.570_-94.190_1786119360000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1786119360000,"latitude":45.57,"longitude":-94.19},{"id":"iem_H_45.550_-94.160_1786117860000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1786117860000,"latitude":45.55,"longitude":-94.16},{"id":"iem_H_45.550_-94.150_1786117860000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1786117860000,"latitude":45.55,"longitude":-94.15}] |
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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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