Right now
The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 40 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 6 August 2026 at 10:00 UTC. It is kept here as a record.
It is the 21st strongest of the 31 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 17 March 2026. The last comparable one was on 3 August 2026. One more was recorded here in the fortnight before it.
What the source measured
NOAA reported: Special Marine Warning issued August 6 at 5:06AM EDT until August 6 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Key West FL
Nearby, since 17 March 2026
- August 6, 2026 · score 16 · 13.6 km
- September 10, 2026 · score 16 · 17.1 km
How we know
2 recorded sources include NOAA; independence is not established by this count.
Our own score for this event is 16 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) | 16 / 100 |
| Legacy data-support index | 0.66/1 |
| Coordinates | 24.8863, -80.7950 |
| Nearest City | Homestead (72 km) |
| Urban exposure index (PEI) | 0 within 50 km |
| Impact Tier | minor |
| Timestamp | 2026-08-06T09:06:00.000Z |
| Source | https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.e78f084757b6ff9292cac2cda6a3a873036e0e10.001.1 |
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: 2026-08-06T09:06:00.000Z.
First archived: 2026-08-06T09:35:37.651Z. 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 | Special Marine Warning |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Likely |
| AreaDesc | Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound; Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge; Hawk Channel from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out to the reef; Hawk Channel from Craig Key to west end of Seven Mile Bridge out to the reef |
| Headline | Special Marine Warning issued August 6 at 5:06AM EDT until August 6 at 6:00AM EDT by NWS Key West FL |
| Expires | 2026-08-06T06:00:00-04:00 |
| SenderName | NWS Key West FL |
| HasExactCoords | true |
| Iem TypeSummary | M |
| Iem Magnitude | 39 |
| Iem Unit | MPH |
| Iem City | Carysfort Reef Light |
| Iem County | GMZ042 |
| Iem State | FL |
| Iem Wfo | KEY |
| Iem Remark | Carysfort Reef Light reported a wind gust to 34 knots or 39 mph out of the northeast to east at 1247 am EDT from a thunderstorm moving westward at near 15 knots. |
| MergedSources | [{"id":"iem_M_25.230_-80.210_1785991620000","source":"iem","severity":"low","severityValue":25,"timestamp":1785991620000,"latitude":25.23,"longitude":-80.21}] |
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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