Live/Severe Alerts/Record/October 16, 2026
Warnings and watches, October 16, 2026
Every warning and watch the weather service first issued on October 16, 2026 (UTC), in the order of its hazards, each a door to its own report; a warning tagged with a damage threat with the most severe it reached; a river flood with the category of its flooding and its crest; the space weather that began that day, by the NOAA scales; and each volcano whose alert level changed.
Flash Flood Warning 1
Typhoon Warning 1
Special Marine Warning 1
Tropical Storm Warning 1
High Surf Warning 1
Gale Warning 12
- Coastal waters from Cameron LA to High Island TX out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Intracoastal City to Cameron LA out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Lower Atchafalaya River to Intracoastal City LA out 20 NM; and moreLake Charles LA, from Oct 16, 7:00 PM CDT to Oct 17, 1:00 PM CDT
- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision out to 15 NMJuneau AK, from Oct 15, 9:00 PM AKDT to Oct 16, 5:00 PM AKDT
- Dixon Entrance to Cape Decision from 15 to 90 NMJuneau AK, from Oct 15, 9:00 PM AKDT to Oct 16, 5:00 PM AKDT
- Clarence StraitJuneau AK, from Oct 15, 9:00 PM AKDT to Oct 16, 5:00 PM AKDT
- Northern Lynn CanalJuneau AK, from Oct 15, 9:00 PM AKDT to Oct 16, 5:00 PM AKDT
- Lake Maurepas; Lake Pontchartrain; Mississippi Sound; and moreNew Orleans LA, from Oct 16, 7:00 PM CDT to Oct 18, 12:00 AM CDT
- Coastal waters from Pensacola FL to Pascagoula MS out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Pensacola FL out 20 NMMobile AL, from Oct 16, 7:00 PM CDT to Oct 18, 1:00 AM CDT
- Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD; Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD; Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA; and moreBaltimore MD/Washington DC, from Oct 17, 6:00 AM EDT to Oct 18, 6:00 AM EDT
- Waters from Surf City NC to Little River Inlet SC from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Little River Inlet SC to South Santee River SC from 20 to 60 NMWilmington NC, from Oct 17, 12:00 PM EDT to Oct 19, 6:00 AM EDT
- S of Currituck Beach Light NC to Oregon Inlet NC out to 20 NMNewport/Morehead City NC, from Oct 17, 11:00 AM EDT to Oct 19, 11:00 AM EDT
- Coastal waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Mexico Beach out 20 NM; Coastal Waters from Mexico Beach to Apalachicola out 20 NM; Waters from Okaloosa-Walton County Line to Mexico Beach from 20 to 60 NM; and moreTallahassee FL, from Oct 16, 8:00 PM EDT to Oct 18, 8:00 AM EDT
- Waters from Parramore Island VA to Cape Charles Light VA from 20 to 60 NMWakefield VA, from Oct 17, 7:00 AM EDT to Oct 19, 7:00 AM EDT
Freeze Warning 8
- Marquette; Green Lake; Fond Du Lac; and moreMilwaukee/Sullivan WI, from Oct 17, 1:00 AM CDT to Oct 17, 9:00 AM CDT
- Menominee; Marathon; Shawano; and moreGreen Bay WI, from Oct 17, 1:00 AM CDT to Oct 17, 9:00 AM CDT
- Mitchell; Howard; Winneshiek; and moreLa Crosse WI, from Oct 17, 1:00 AM CDT to Oct 17, 9:00 AM CDT
- Buchanan; Delaware; Dubuque; and moreQuad Cities IA IL, from Oct 17, 1:00 AM CDT to Oct 17, 9:00 AM CDT
- Mille Lacs; Kanabec; Isanti; and moreTwin Cities/Chanhassen MN, from Oct 17, 1:00 AM CDT to Oct 17, 9:00 AM CDT
- WapelloDes Moines IA, from Oct 17, 1:00 AM CDT to Oct 17, 9:00 AM CDT
- Osceola; Dickinson; O'Brien; and moreSioux Falls SD, from Oct 17, 1:00 AM CDT to Oct 17, 9:00 AM CDT
- McHenry; Lee; De Kalb; and moreChicago IL, from Oct 17, 5:00 AM CDT to Oct 17, 8:00 AM CDT
Red Flag Warning 1
Gale Watch 4
- Coastal waters from Altamaha Sound to Fernandina Beach FL out 20 NM; Coastal waters from Fernandina Beach to St. Augustine FL out 20 NM; Coastal waters from St. Augustine to Flagler Beach FL out 20 NM; and moreJacksonville FL, from Oct 17, 11:00 AM EDT to Oct 20, 1:00 AM EDT
- Neuse and Bay RiversNewport/Morehead City NC, from Oct 17, 11:00 AM EDT to Oct 19, 11:00 AM EDT
- Waters from South Santee River SC to Edisto Beach SC extending from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Edisto Beach SC to Savannah GA extending from 20 to 60 NMCharleston SC, from Oct 17, 11:00 AM EDT to Oct 20, 9:00 AM EDT
- Rappahannock River from Urbanna to Windmill Point; York River; James River from Jamestown to the James River BridgeWakefield VA, from Oct 17, 6:00 PM EDT to Oct 18, 7:00 AM EDT