Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 48

Severe Weather near Laplace

St. John the BaptistUnited StatesNOAA

Right now

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 50 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 16 March 2026 at 07:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 2nd strongest of the 33 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 16 March 2026.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 1:25AM CDT until March 16 at 2:15AM CDT by NWS New Orleans LA

An estimated 788,009 people live within 50 km of this point.

Nearby, since 16 March 2026

How we know

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

Our own score for this event is 48 out of 100, at 78 % 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 confidence78%
Coordinates30.2550, -90.4533
Nearest CityLaplace (21 km)
Population Exposed788.0K within 50 km
Impact Tiersignificant
Timestamp2026-03-16T06:25:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.b8df041f801c99654744ce5af8dc8ee3d91ff7ba.001.1

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
85
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSevere Thunderstorm Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyObserved
AreaDescAscension, LA; Livingston, LA; St. John The Baptist, LA; Tangipahoa, LA
HeadlineSevere Thunderstorm Warning issued March 16 at 1:25AM CDT until March 16 at 2:15AM CDT by NWS New Orleans LA
Expires2026-03-16T02:15:00-05:00
SenderNameNWS New Orleans LA
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 48/100, near Laplace (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.