Calamity
MediumSevere WeatherCalamity Score: 16

Severe Weather in United States

United StatesNOAA

Right now

The most recent data we hold from NOAA arrived 2 hours 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 9 May 2026 at 16:45 UTC. It is kept here as a record.

It is the 24th strongest of the 33 detections recorded within 20 km of this point since 9 May 2026. Another comparable one was recorded here earlier the same day. 8 more were recorded here in the fortnight before it.

What the source measured

NOAA reported: Special Marine Warning issued May 9 at 11:21AM CDT until May 9 at 11:45AM CDT by NWS Brownsville TX

Nearby, since 9 May 2026

How we know

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

Our own score for this event is 16 out of 100, at 61 % 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)16 / 100
Our confidence61%
Coordinates26.1313, -97.0637
Nearest CityBrownsville (51 km)
Impact Tierminor
Timestamp2026-05-09T16:21:00.000Z
Sourcehttps://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ff6b03663db10115b876e34299681542f52e7a89.002.1

Score Breakdown

35
intensity
0
population
0
cascading
18
historical

Technical Details

EventSpecial Marine Warning
UrgencyImmediate
CertaintyLikely
AreaDescCoastal waters from Port Mansfield TX to the Rio Grande River out 20 NM
HeadlineSpecial Marine Warning issued May 9 at 11:21AM CDT until May 9 at 11:45AM CDT by NWS Brownsville TX
Expires2026-05-09T11:45:00-05:00
SenderNameNWS Brownsville TX
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 16/100 (United States), based on data from noaa. Source: Calamity.live, a platform aggregating real-time data from 185 scientific monitoring sources.