Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 22

Severe Weather in United States

United StatesNOAA

Right now

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 3 minutes ago, and this point is not in it. We record detections, not passes: an absence is not proof that nothing is there.

One other detection within 20 km in the last 24 hours, 19 km from here.

This alert expired on 7 July 2026 at 10:15 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 3rd strongest of the 11 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 8 May 2026. The last comparable one was on 1 July 2026. 6 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Special Marine Warning issued July 7 at 3:40AM CDT until July 7 at 5:15AM CDT by NWS New Orleans LA

Nearby, since 8 May 2026

How we know

Confirmed by 2 independent sources, including NOAA.

Our own score for this event is 22 out of 100, at 67 % 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)22 / 100
Our confidence67%
Coordinates29.5320, -89.6480
Nearest CityChalmette (55 km)
Impact Tierminor
Timestamp2026-07-07T08:40:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.be0d0c5c4d2f64e18fd047c9f18871e6b434bc45.001.1

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
0
population
0
cascading
80
historical

Technical Details

EventSpecial Marine Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyLikely
AreaDescBreton Sound; Barataria Bay
HeadlineSpecial Marine Warning issued July 7 at 3:40AM CDT until July 7 at 5:15AM CDT by NWS New Orleans LA
Expires2026-07-07T05:15:00-05:00
SenderNameNWS New Orleans LA
HasExactCoordstrue
Iem TypeSummaryM
Iem Magnitude46
Iem UnitMPH
Iem City6 WSW East New Orleans
Iem CountyGMZ531
Iem StateLA
Iem WfoLIX
Iem RemarkASOS station KNEW Lakefront Airport measured a wind gust of 46mph or 40 knots.
MergedSources[{"id":"iem_M_30.040_-90.020_1783403580000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1783403580000,"latitude":30.04,"longitude":-90.02}]

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 22/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.