Routine ADM

Critical Weather Day declared

Issued 14 Aug 2026 11:11Z (1110Z FRI AUG 14 2026) · by Ready, on duty as SDM

Critical Weather Day CRITICAL WEATHER DAY STATUS...

A Critical Weather Day has been declared.

A “Critical Weather Day” is an internal NWS operations posture. When one is declared, NWS postpones scheduled software, hardware and network changes at the affected offices so that nothing is disturbed while forecasters are working high-impact weather. Emergency changes still get made, but they need senior sign-off. It is a signal about how NWS is protecting its own systems — it is not a forecast or a warning, and it does not tell you anything about conditions where you live.

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NOUS42 KWNO 141111
ADMSDM

SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE
NWS CENTRAL OPERATIONS COLLEGE PARK MD
1110Z FRI AUG 14 2026


CRITICAL WEATHER DAY STATUS...
Critical Weather Day is in effect until 16/00Z for tropical
cyclone ops in Hawaii.

CRITICAL WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
Friday - Critical...Tropical Cyclone. Caution...Excessive
Rainfall, Flooding.
Saturday - Critical...Tropical Cyclone.
Sunday - None.



Ready/SDM/NCO