Tropical Storm Watch — Pickens was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Friday, 9 October 2026 at 00:10 UTC. The event is classified as a cyclone / hurricane incident with a severity rating of Severe, and was detected through the US National Weather Service (NWS).

Tropical Storm Watch issued October 8 at 7:10PM CDT by NWS Birmingham AL * LOCATIONS AFFECTED - Carrollton * WIND - LATEST LOCAL FORECAST: Below tropical storm force wind - Peak Wind Forecast: 10-20 mph with gusts to 40 mph - THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY THAT INCLUDES TYPICAL FORECAST UNCERTAINTY IN TRACK, SIZE AND INTENSITY: Potential for wind 39 to 57 mph - The wind threat has remained nearly steady from the previous assessment. - PLAN: Plan for hazardous wind of equivalent tropical storm force. - PREPARE: Efforts to protect property should now be underway. Prepare for limited wind damage. - ACT: Act now to complete preparations before the wind becomes hazardous. - POTENTIAL IMPACTS: Limited - Damage to porches, awnings, carports, sheds, and unanchored mobile and manufactured homes. Unsecured lightweight objects blown about. - Many large tree limbs broken off. A few trees snapped or

Where this happened

The incident is located in United States (North America), whose capital is Washington, D.C.. Historically, United States is most affected by hurricanes, wildfires, tornadoes, earthquakes and floods. You can follow every incident recorded in this country, updated live, on the United States incident tracker.

Approximate coordinates of the reported event are 33.160°, -88.072°. The marker on the map above shows this position; for news-derived reports the location reflects the place named in media coverage and may represent a district or city rather than an exact site.

Understanding cyclone / hurricane events

Tropical cyclones, hurricanes and typhoons with damaging wind and surge. Tropical cyclones cause harm through four separate mechanisms: sustained wind, storm surge, inland flooding from rainfall, and tornadoes embedded in outer bands. Historically, storm surge and inland flooding kill far more people than wind.

How severity is rated

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Data and verification

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Timeline and sources

Official warning

Issued by U.S. National Weather Service. A warning or forecast describes a hazard; on its own it is not a report that harm occurred.

How statuses are decided · the number of reports is never treated as confirmation.

  1. · received · event time 9 Oct 2026, 00:10 UTC
    First report Official warning

    First recorded from U.S. National Weather Service.

    U.S. National Weather Service ↗

  2. · received · event time 9 Oct 2026, 03:27 UTC
    Also reported Official warning

    Also reported by U.S. National Weather Service: "Tropical Storm Watch — Pickens"

    U.S. National Weather Service ↗

  3. · received · event time 9 Oct 2026, 06:19 UTC
    Also reported Official warning

    Also reported by U.S. National Weather Service: "Tropical Storm Watch — Pickens"

    U.S. National Weather Service ↗

  4. · received · event time 9 Oct 2026, 09:08 UTC
    Also reported Official warning

    Also reported by U.S. National Weather Service: "Tropical Storm Watch — Pickens"

    U.S. National Weather Service ↗

  5. · received · event time 9 Oct 2026, 11:57 UTC
    Also reported Official warning

    Also reported by U.S. National Weather Service: "Tropical Storm Watch — Pickens"

    U.S. National Weather Service ↗

Times are when this site received each report, in UTC; the event time is shown where the source gave one. 5 reports are attached to this incident. Copies of one syndicated story count as one report.

Conditions at the time

0mm
Rainfall that day
30°C
Maximum temperature
19°C
Minimum temperature
17km/h
Peak wind speed

No rainfall was recorded that day, and the temperature peaked at 30°C.

Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.