Severe Cold Wave ● Monitoring
Freeze Warning issued October 16 at 10:07AM MDT until October 17 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Midland/Odessa TX, United States of America
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* WHAT...For the High Wind Warning, especially Guadalupe Pass,
northeast winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. For the
Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures as low as 27 expected.
* WHERE...Guadalupe Mountains of west Texas and Southeast New Mexico.
* WHEN...For the High Wind Warning, until midnight MDT /1 AM CDT/
tonight. For the Freeze Warning, from 3 AM MDT /4 AM CDT/ to 9 AM
MDT /10 AM CDT/ Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile
vehicles like campers, vans, and tractor trailers. Frost and freeze
conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and
possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Measurements
| Coordinates | 39.9645, -100.8105 |
|---|---|
| Region | Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains |
| Location Precision | country |
| Issuing Authority | United States of America — us-noaa-nws-en |
| Cap Urgency | Expected |
| Cap Certainty | Likely |
| Cap Expires | 2026-10-17T09:00:00-06:00 |
Official source
Warnings courtesy of the issuing national meteorological service, via the WMO Alert Hub.
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Severity as published by WMO Alert Hub (national weather services).
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Source updated 3 days ago (Oct 16, 2026 16:08 UTC) · we last heard from WMO Alert Hub (national weather services) 33 seconds ago
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Internet connectivity at the time
Internet connectivity in United States dropped 32 hours after this event, and stayed disrupted for about 1 hour.
From 18 Oct 2026 00:00 UTC to 18 Oct 2026 01:00 UTC. Detected by active probing — networks that stopped answering.
Internet outages have many causes — damaged cables, power failures, network maintenance and deliberate shutdowns among them. IODA detects the loss of connectivity and does not attribute it to anything. This is shown because it happened at the same time, not because one caused the other.
Measured by IODA, Georgia Institute of Technology.
About this location
The agency did not publish coordinates for this warning. The pin is the centre of the country, not the location of the event — read the area name, not the map, for where it applies.
Area as the agency stated it: Guadalupe Mountains of Eddy County; Guadalupe Mountains Above 7000 Feet; Guadalupe and Delaware Mountains
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