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High Wind Watch issued October 16 at 2:18PM EDT until October 19 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC
High Wind Watch · East Carteret; Northern Outer Banks; Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island. Severe; possible; urgency: future.
- Bulletin issued
- 16 October 2026 at 18:18 UTC
- First saved by us
- 16 October 2026 at 18:32 UTC
- Last included in a daily record
- 17 October 2026
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- Source classification
- Severe · Source alert
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- Issuer / area
- NWS Newport/Morehead City NC · East Carteret; Northern Outer Banks; Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island
- Certainty / urgency
- Possible / Future
- Message expiry (not hazard end)
- 17 October 2026 at 07:00 UTC
- Forecast onset / end
- 18 October 2026 at 00:00 UTC / 19 October 2026 at 06:00 UTC
Archived official description
* WHAT...North winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph possible. * WHERE...East Carteret County, and Hatteras Island, Northern Outer Banks, and Ocracoke Island. * WHEN...From Saturday evening through late Sunday night. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines. Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles.
Instructions in this archived message
Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates. Fasten loose objects or shelter objects in a safe location prior to the onset of winds.
The saved record
What changed
0 updates · 1 first record
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First saved record · 16 October 2026 at 18:32 UTC
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Starting point
First saved record
Our first saved version of High Wind Watch issued October 16 at 2:18PM EDT until October 19 at 2:00AM EDT by NWS Newport/Morehead City NC. We have no earlier saved version to compare.
Bulletin issued: 16 October 2026 at 18:18 UTC
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Original saved fields, unchanged. This is our record, not an archived copy of the external webpage.
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