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The High Wind Watch has been replaced. Please see the latest information from NWS Newport/Morehead City NC on this developing situation., United States of America

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The High Wind Watch has been replaced. Please see the latest information from NWS Newport/Morehead City NC on this developing situation.

Measurements

Coordinates39.9645, -100.8105
RegionNorthern Outer Banks; Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island
Location Precisioncountry
Issuing AuthorityUnited States of America — us-noaa-nws-en
Cap UrgencyPast
Cap CertaintyObserved
Cap Expires2026-10-17T03:14:30-04:00

Official source

Warnings courtesy of the issuing national meteorological service, via the WMO Alert Hub.

This is an official warning issued by the authority named above. Follow its instructions and those of your local emergency services.

Severity as published by WMO Alert Hub (national weather services).

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Source updated 2 days ago (Oct 17, 2026 07:00 UTC) · we last heard from WMO Alert Hub (national weather services) 27 seconds ago

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Internet connectivity at the time

Internet connectivity in United States dropped 17 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: Northern Outer Banks; Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island

Official authorities in United States

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