Live/Severe Alerts/Record/October 18, 2026
Warnings and watches, October 18, 2026
Every warning and watch the weather service first issued on October 18, 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
Special Marine Warning 12
- Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge; Gulf of America from West End of Seven Mile Bridge to Halfmoon Shoal out to 5 FathomsKey West FL, from Oct 17, 8:41 PM EDT to Oct 17, 9:30 PM EDT
- Gulf of America including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal ChannelKey West FL, from Oct 18, 2:16 AM EDT to Oct 18, 3:00 AM EDT
- Gulf of America including Dry Tortugas and Rebecca Shoal ChannelKey West FL, from Oct 18, 2:19 AM EDT to Oct 18, 3:00 AM EDT
- Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas out 20 NM; Straits of Florida from Halfmoon Shoal to 20 NM west of Dry Tortugas 20 to 60 NM outKey West FL, from Oct 18, 4:21 AM EDT to Oct 18, 4:45 AM EDT
- Guam Coastal WatersTiyan GU, from Oct 18, 6:26 PM to Oct 18, 6:45 PM
- Guam Coastal WatersTiyan GU, from Oct 18, 6:28 PM to Oct 18, 6:45 PM
- Guam Coastal WatersTiyan GU, from Oct 18, 6:35 PM to Oct 18, 7:00 PM
- Guam Coastal WatersTiyan GU, from Oct 18, 6:46 PM to Oct 18, 7:15 PM
- Guam Coastal WatersTiyan GU, from Oct 18, 6:49 PM to Oct 18, 7:15 PM
- Guam Coastal WatersTiyan GU, from Oct 18, 7:04 PM to Oct 18, 7:30 PM
- Florida Bay including Barnes Sound, Blackwater Sound, and Buttonwood Sound; Bayside and Gulfside from Craig Key to West End of Seven Mile Bridge; Hawk Channel from Ocean Reef to Craig Key out to the reef; and moreKey West FL, from Oct 18, 4:18 PM EDT to Oct 18, 4:45 PM EDT
- Guam Coastal WatersTiyan GU, from Oct 19, 9:48 AM to Oct 19, 10:30 AM
Winter Storm Warning 2
- Fortymile Country; Upper Tanana Valley; Delta JunctionFairbanks AK, from Oct 19, 7:00 AM AKDT to Oct 21, 4:00 PM AKDT
- Noatak ValleyFairbanks AK, from Oct 18, 3:08 PM AKDT to Oct 19, 4:00 PM AKDT
Flood Warning 1
Gale Warning 15
- James River from JRB to HRBT, Including the Elizabeth RiverWakefield VA, from Oct 19, 1:00 AM EDT to Oct 21, 7:00 AM EDT
- Northern Lynn CanalJuneau AK, from Oct 19, 10:00 AM AKDT to Oct 21, 4:00 AM AKDT
- Gulf of Alaska Offshore South of 57N North of 55N and West of 144WAnchorage AK, from Oct 19, 5:00 AM AKDT to Oct 19, 5:00 PM AKDT
- Central and Eastern Prince William SoundAnchorage AK, from Oct 19, 5:00 AM AKDT to Oct 19, 5:00 PM AKDT
- Cape Suckling to Gravel Point out to 15 NMAnchorage AK, from Oct 19, 5:00 AM AKDT to Oct 19, 5:00 PM AKDT
- Gravel Point to Cape Cleare out to 15 NMAnchorage AK, from Oct 19, 5:00 AM AKDT to Oct 19, 5:00 PM AKDT
- Waters from Manasquan Inlet NJ to Little Egg Inlet NJ from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Little Egg Inlet NJ to Great Egg Inlet NJ from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Great Egg Inlet NJ to Cape May NJ from 20 to 60 NM; and moreMount Holly NJ, from Oct 19, 6:00 AM EDT to Oct 21, 6:00 AM EDT
- Coastal waters from Provincetown MA to Chatham MA to Nantucket MA out 20 NM; Coastal Waters extending out to 25 NM South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket; Coastal Waters from Montauk NY to Marthas Vineyard extending out to 20 NM South of BBoston/Norton MA, from Oct 19, 8:00 PM EDT to Oct 21, 8:00 PM EDT
- Waters from Moriches Inlet NY to Montauk Point NY from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Fire Island Inlet NY to Moriches Inlet NY from 20 to 60 NM; Waters from Sandy Hook NJ to Fire Island Inlet NY out 20 to 60 NMUpton NY, from Oct 19, 6:00 PM EDT to Oct 21, 6:00 AM EDT
- Gulf of Alaska Offshore North of 57N and West of 144WAnchorage AK, from Oct 19, 5:00 PM AKDT to Oct 20, 5:00 AM AKDT
- Gulf of Alaska Offshore South of 57N North of 55N and West of 144WAnchorage AK, from Oct 19, 5:00 AM AKDT to Oct 20, 5:00 AM AKDT
- Gravel Point to Cape Cleare out to 15 NMAnchorage AK, from Oct 19, 5:00 AM AKDT to Oct 19, 5:00 PM AKDT
- Cape Suckling to Gravel Point out to 15 NMAnchorage AK, from Oct 19, 5:00 AM AKDT to Oct 20, 5:00 AM AKDT
- Central and Eastern Prince William SoundAnchorage AK, from Oct 19, 5:00 AM AKDT to Oct 19, 5:00 PM AKDT
- Clarence StraitJuneau AK, from Oct 20, 1:00 AM AKDT to Oct 21, 1:00 AM AKDT
Freeze Warning 3
- YorkState College PA, from Oct 19, 1:00 AM EDT to Oct 19, 9:00 AM EDT
- Frederick; Carroll; Culpeper; and moreBaltimore MD/Washington DC, from Oct 19, 1:00 AM EDT to Oct 19, 9:00 AM EDT
- Rowan; Menifee; Jackson; and moreJackson KY, from Oct 19, 1:00 AM EDT to Oct 19, 9:00 AM EDT
Hazardous Seas Warning 1
Gale Watch 4
- Chesapeake Bay from Smith Point to Windmill Point VA; Chesapeake Bay from Windmill Point to New Point Comfort VAWakefield VA, from Oct 19, 4:00 AM EDT to Oct 20, 1:00 PM EDT
- Cape Cod Bay; Nantucket Sound; Vineyard Sound; and moreBoston/Norton MA, from Oct 19, 8:00 PM EDT to Oct 21, 8:00 PM EDT
- Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA; Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth IslandBaltimore MD/Washington DC, from Oct 19, 11:00 PM EDT to Oct 20, 11:00 AM EDT
- Moriches Inlet NY to Montauk Point NY out 20 NMUpton NY, from Oct 20, 6:00 AM EDT to Oct 21, 6:00 AM EDT