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> Kept by incident.entities@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 08:47 UTC. A node of the [entities](../README.md): made from [its data](2026-11-11.json), where every line names the row or decision it was taken from. Nothing is stated here for the first time.

# Wednesday 11 November 2026

**day**: A calendar day (UTC; Lisbon is on UTC in November): what was decided, warned and observed that day. [All day nodes](README.md). Also written: Wednesday 11 November; Wednesday, 11 November; Wednesday, November 11th; 11 November; 11 Nov; Wednesday.

The day the red warnings for Lisbon and the government's alert situation are in force. (**our summary**, no source: ours)

## Wednesday 11 November 2026 is the day before

- [Thursday 12 November 2026](../../entities/day/2026-11-12.md) · **ours** · "the calendar" · this site, read 11 Nov, 08:47 UTC · from `entities/seed.json`

## Wednesday 11 November 2026 is the day after

- [Tuesday 10 November 2026](../../entities/day/2026-11-10.md) · **ours** · "the calendar" · this site, read 11 Nov, 08:47 UTC · from `entities/seed.json`

## Wednesday 11 November 2026 is the day of

- [18 sea bars closed at 07:30 because of the weather; considerable worsening of sea conditions on the mainland…](../../entities/decision/amn-bars-closed.md) · **evidence** · "18 sea bars closed at 07:30 because of the weather; considerable worsening of sea conditions on the mainland until 12:00 Thursday (waves up to about 6 m significant height)" · [cnnportugal.iol.pt](https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/aominuto/6af2d07dd34e5a653d7338e2), read 11 Nov, 08:41 UTC · from [decision amn-bars-closed](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Occurrence count, mainland: 66 at 03:30, none classed significant; 4 floods (Mem Martins, Cacém e São…](../../entities/decision/anepc-mainland-count-0330.md) · **evidence** · "Occurrence count, mainland: 66 at 03:30, none classed significant; 4 floods (Mem Martins, Cacém e São Marcos, Península de Setúbal); 60 responders, 22 vehicles" · [cnnportugal.iol.pt](https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/aominuto/6af2d07dd34e5a653d7338e2), read 11 Nov, 07:35 UTC · from [decision anepc-mainland-count-0330](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Occurrence count, mainland: 60 to 06:00, mostly floods; Greater Lisbon and the Setúbal Peninsula most affected](../../entities/decision/anepc-mainland-count-0600.md) · **evidence** · "Occurrence count, mainland: 60 to 06:00, mostly floods; Greater Lisbon and the Setúbal Peninsula most affected" · [cnnportugal.iol.pt](https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/aominuto/6af2d07dd34e5a653d7338e2), read 11 Nov, 08:41 UTC · from [decision anepc-mainland-count-0600](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [222 flights cancelled at Lisbon and Faro by 09:20 (departures and arrivals): 208 at Lisbon (Humberto…](../../entities/decision/lisbon-flights-208.md) · **evidence** · "222 flights cancelled at Lisbon and Faro by 09:20 (departures and arrivals): 208 at Lisbon (Humberto Delgado), 14 at Faro" · [cnnportugal.iol.pt](https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/aominuto/6af2d07dd34e5a653d7338e2), read 11 Nov, 10:34 UTC · from [decision lisbon-flights-208](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [16 flights to and from Madeira airport cancelled, mostly this morning (7 arrivals, 9 departures: Lisbon,…](../../entities/decision/madeira-flights-16.md) · **evidence** · "16 flights to and from Madeira airport cancelled, mostly this morning (7 arrivals, 9 departures: Lisbon, Porto, Paris, Nantes)" · [cnnportugal.iol.pt](https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/aominuto/6af2d07dd34e5a653d7338e2), read 11 Nov, 07:35 UTC · from [decision madeira-flights-16](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Regional president's briefing at SRPC: "479 milímetros de precipitação em 12 horas", more than the 387 mm of…](../../entities/decision/madeira-gov-briefing.md) · **evidence** · "Regional president's briefing at SRPC: "479 milímetros de precipitação em 12 horas", more than the 387 mm of 20 February 2010 over the same reference period; hourly peak 65 l/m² at 06:00 against 78 in 2010; most critical period 02:00 to 03:00 (heavy rain…" · [dnoticias.pt](https://www.dnoticias.pt/2026/11/11/512520-depressao-charles-deixou-mais-chuva-do-que-a-registada-no-20-de-fevereiro/), read 11 Nov, 10:04 UTC · from [decision madeira-gov-briefing](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Porto Santo: power cuts and some communication difficulties reported](../../entities/decision/porto-santo-power.md) · **evidence** · "Porto Santo: power cuts and some communication difficulties reported" · [cnnportugal.iol.pt](https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/aominuto/6af2d07dd34e5a653d7338e2), read 11 Nov, 07:35 UTC · from [decision porto-santo-power](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Access to Funchal's centre closed for safety this morning; the public asked not to go to affected areas nor…](../../entities/decision/srpc-funchal-centre.md) · **evidence** · "Access to Funchal's centre closed for safety this morning; the public asked not to go to affected areas nor pass the restrictions" · [cnnportugal.iol.pt](https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/aominuto/6af2d07dd34e5a653d7338e2), read 11 Nov, 07:35 UTC · from [decision srpc-funchal-centre](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Occurrence count, Madeira: 71 since 20:00 Tuesday, as at 02:00 Wednesday (22 floodings, 13 mass…](../../entities/decision/srpc-madeira-count-0200.md) · **evidence** · "Occurrence count, Madeira: 71 since 20:00 Tuesday, as at 02:00 Wednesday (22 floodings, 13 mass movements/landslides, 7 fallen trees; Machico 20, Santa Cruz 18, Câmara de Lobos 10, Funchal 10, Ponta do Sol 4, Calheta 3, Porto Santo 1, Ribeira Brava 1,…" · [sapo.pt](https://sapo.pt/artigo/depressao-charles-soma-71-ocorrencias-ate-as-2h00-na-madeira-6af3d1068caa48e7be3971db), read 11 Nov, 03:56 UTC · from [decision srpc-madeira-count-0200](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Occurrence count, Madeira: at least 162 so far; 425 responders, 171 means](../../entities/decision/srpc-madeira-count-0650.md) · **evidence** · "Occurrence count, Madeira: at least 162 so far; 425 responders, 171 means" · [cnnportugal.iol.pt](https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/aominuto/6af2d07dd34e5a653d7338e2), read 11 Nov, 07:35 UTC · from [decision srpc-madeira-count-0650](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Occurrence count, Madeira: 205 to 09:00; 542 responders, 216 vehicles; none classed as serious ("nenhuma das…](../../entities/decision/srpc-madeira-count-0859.md) · **evidence** · "Occurrence count, Madeira: 205 to 09:00; 542 responders, 216 vehicles; none classed as serious ("nenhuma das situações foi considerada grave")" · [dnoticias.pt](https://www.dnoticias.pt/2026/11/11/512520-depressao-charles-deixou-mais-chuva-do-que-a-registada-no-20-de-fevereiro/), read 11 Nov, 10:04 UTC · from [decision srpc-madeira-count-0859](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Barreiro's buses run with restrictions: weekday timetable to 12:00 (express 4 and 8 not running); from 12:00…](../../entities/decision/tcb-barreiro-limited.md) · **evidence** · "Barreiro's buses run with restrictions: weekday timetable to 12:00 (express 4 and 8 not running); from 12:00 reduced to essential lines (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 15), about every 30 minutes" · [observador.pt](https://observador.pt/liveblogs/manifestantes-detidos-no-porto-pronunciam-se-sobre-suspensao-provisoria-do-processo/), read 11 Nov, 06:35 UTC · from [decision tcb-barreiro-limited](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [IPMA lowers Lisbon's wind warning from red to orange: Wednesday 09:00 to 21:00, gusts up to 120 km/h…](../../entities/warning/ipma-wind-orange.md) · **fact** · "IPMA lowers Lisbon's wind warning from red to orange: Wednesday 09:00 to 21:00, gusts up to 120 km/h ("Rajadas até 120 km/h"); the red rain 09:00 to 18:00 stands" · [feeds.meteoalarm.org](https://feeds.meteoalarm.org/api/v1/warnings/feeds-portugal), read 11 Nov, 10:34 UTC · from [decision ipma-wind-orange](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)

## Wednesday 11 November 2026 had in force

- [Aviso n.º 53/2026, "Agravamento de condições meteorológicas, 09 a 11 de novembro de 2026": relays IPMA's…](../../entities/decision/capitania-aviso-53.md) · **fact** · "Aviso n.º 53/2026, "Agravamento de condições meteorológicas, 09 a 11 de novembro de 2026": relays IPMA's then yellow sea and wind warnings for the Lisbon and Setúbal regions and asks the maritime community and shoreline users to take precautions" · [amn.pt](https://www.amn.pt/DGAM/Capitanias/Lisboa/Documentos_AMN/Aviso%20n%C2%BA%2053_2026_Agravamento%20condi%C3%A7%C3%B5es%20meteo%2009-11NOV_signed.pdf), read 11 Nov, 02:30 UTC · from [decision capitania-aviso-53](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [CP suppresses four trains crossing the 25 de Abril bridge in the most critical window (12:00 to 15:00…](../../entities/decision/cp-fertagus-bridge.md) · **evidence** · "CP suppresses four trains crossing the 25 de Abril bridge in the most critical window (12:00 to 15:00 forecast: heavy rain, strong wind)" · [jornaldenegocios.pt](https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/fiquem-em-casa-todos-os-que-puderem-escolas-e-servicos-publicos-encerrados-amanha-siga-ao-minuto), read 10 Nov, 23:33 UTC · from [decision cp-fertagus-bridge](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Alert situation for all of mainland Portugal, 11 Nov 00:00 to 23:59: (a) schools and non-essential public…](../../entities/decision/gov-alert.md) · **fact** · "Alert situation for all of mainland Portugal, 11 Nov 00:00 to 23:59: (a) schools and non-essential public services close; (b) outdoor events suspended, whatever their nature; (c) no access to high-risk parks; (d) temporary structures secured; (e) no access…" · [portugal.gov.pt](https://portugal.gov.pt/gc25/comunicacao/noticias/governo-declara-situacao-de-alerta-em-todo-o-territorio-continental-1), read 11 Nov, 01:00 UTC · from [decision gov-alert](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [All national coach services suspended Wednesday 10:00 to 23:59](../../entities/decision/rede-expressos-suspends.md) · **evidence** · "All national coach services suspended Wednesday 10:00 to 23:59" · [jornaldenegocios.pt](https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/fiquem-em-casa-todos-os-que-puderem-escolas-e-servicos-publicos-encerrados-amanha-siga-ao-minuto), read 10 Nov, 23:55 UTC · from [decision rede-expressos-suspends](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Schools closed on Wednesday](../../entities/decision/schools-close.md) · **fact** · "Schools closed on Wednesday" · [portugal.gov.pt](https://portugal.gov.pt/gc25/comunicacao/noticias/governo-declara-situacao-de-alerta-em-todo-o-territorio-continental-1), read 10 Nov, 16:55 UTC · from [decision schools-close](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Occurrence count, Madeira: 71 since 20:00 Tuesday, as at 02:00 Wednesday (22 floodings, 13 mass…](../../entities/decision/srpc-madeira-count-0200.md) · **evidence** · "Occurrence count, Madeira: 71 since 20:00 Tuesday, as at 02:00 Wednesday (22 floodings, 13 mass movements/landslides, 7 fallen trees; Machico 20, Santa Cruz 18, Câmara de Lobos 10, Funchal 10, Ponta do Sol 4, Calheta 3, Porto Santo 1, Ribeira Brava 1,…" · [sapo.pt](https://sapo.pt/artigo/depressao-charles-soma-71-ocorrencias-ate-as-2h00-na-madeira-6af3d1068caa48e7be3971db), read 11 Nov, 03:56 UTC · from [decision srpc-madeira-count-0200](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- ["Situação meteorológica adversa — Depressão Charles: medidas preventivas"; the page lists the warnings in…](../../entities/decision/srpc-madeira-measures.md) · **fact** · ""Situação meteorológica adversa — Depressão Charles: medidas preventivas"; the page lists the warnings in force by area (e.g. north coast: rain 21:00 Tue to 06:00 Wed, then 06:00 to 09:00; wind 21:00 Tue to 12:00 Wed; sea 09:00 to 21:00 Wed; south coast rain…" · [procivmadeira.pt](https://www.procivmadeira.pt/pt/10-noticias/2158-situacao-meteorologica-adversa-depressao-charles-medidas-preventivas.html), read 11 Nov, 02:42 UTC · from [decision srpc-madeira-measures](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Ferries start at 05:00 as usual on Wednesday; reassessed from 12:00 (the latter from a search summary)](../../entities/decision/ttsl-wednesday.md) · **evidence** · "Ferries start at 05:00 as usual on Wednesday; reassessed from 12:00 (the latter from a search summary)" · [jornaleconomico.sapo.pt](https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/cp-e-carris-circulam-mas-alertam-para-perturbacoes-e-rede-de-expressos-para/), read 10 Nov, 23:55 UTC · from [decision ttsl-wednesday](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [All Lisbon road tunnels closed from midnight; parks, gardens and cultural facilities too (the mayor, after…](../../entities/decision/tunnels-close.md) · **evidence** · "All Lisbon road tunnels closed from midnight; parks, gardens and cultural facilities too (the mayor, after meeting civil protection)" · [jornaldenegocios.pt](https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/fiquem-em-casa-todos-os-que-puderem-escolas-e-servicos-publicos-encerrados-amanha-siga-ao-minuto), read 10 Nov, 23:55 UTC · from [decision tunnels-close](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Red warnings for Madeira's south coast and mountains: rain from 21:00 Tuesday to 06:00 Wednesday; wind gusts…](../../entities/warning/ipma-madeira-red.md) · **evidence** · "Red warnings for Madeira's south coast and mountains: rain from 21:00 Tuesday to 06:00 Wednesday; wind gusts to 140 km/h from 00:00" · [jornaldenegocios.pt](https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/fiquem-em-casa-todos-os-que-puderem-escolas-e-servicos-publicos-encerrados-amanha-siga-ao-minuto), read 11 Nov, 01:35 UTC · from [decision ipma-madeira-red](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Rain raised to red, Lisbon district, 11 Nov 12:00 to 18:00 (orange 05:00 to 12:00); sea orange 12:00 to 21:00](../../entities/warning/ipma-red-rain.md) · **fact** · "Rain raised to red, Lisbon district, 11 Nov 12:00 to 18:00 (orange 05:00 to 12:00); sea orange 12:00 to 21:00" · [feeds.meteoalarm.org](https://feeds.meteoalarm.org/api/v1/warnings/feeds-portugal), read 11 Nov, 01:05 UTC · from [decision ipma-red-rain](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Red rain warning for the Lisbon district brought forward to 11 Nov 09:00 to 18:00 (orange 00:00 to 09:00;…](../../entities/warning/ipma-red-rain-0900.md) · **fact** · "Red rain warning for the Lisbon district brought forward to 11 Nov 09:00 to 18:00 (orange 00:00 to 09:00; yellow from 21:24 Tuesday)" · [feeds.meteoalarm.org](https://feeds.meteoalarm.org/api/v1/warnings/feeds-portugal), read 11 Nov, 10:34 UTC · from [decision ipma-red-rain-0900](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [Red wind warning, Lisbon district, 11 Nov 12:00 to 21:00 (gusts to 120, up to 140 km/h)](../../entities/warning/ipma-red-wind.md) · **fact** · "Red wind warning, Lisbon district, 11 Nov 12:00 to 21:00 (gusts to 120, up to 140 km/h)" · [feeds.meteoalarm.org](https://feeds.meteoalarm.org/api/v1/warnings/feeds-portugal), read 11 Nov, 07:35 UTC · from [decision ipma-red-wind](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)
- [IPMA lowers Lisbon's wind warning from red to orange: Wednesday 09:00 to 21:00, gusts up to 120 km/h…](../../entities/warning/ipma-wind-orange.md) · **fact** · "IPMA lowers Lisbon's wind warning from red to orange: Wednesday 09:00 to 21:00, gusts up to 120 km/h ("Rajadas até 120 km/h"); the red rain 09:00 to 18:00 stands" · [feeds.meteoalarm.org](https://feeds.meteoalarm.org/api/v1/warnings/feeds-portugal), read 11 Nov, 10:34 UTC · from [decision ipma-wind-orange](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/decisions.md)

## Wednesday 11 November 2026 is the date of

- [Web Summit Day 2](../../entities/programme-day/websummit-day-2.md) · **fact** · "PRIMARY: Web Summit's own page, "Important event update": "Day 2 (Wednesday, November 11th) will not take place"; "Web Summit aims to proceed with Day 3 (Thursday, November 12) as planned, following the passing of Storm Charles"; reasons: tidal flooding,…" · [websummit.com](https://websummit.com/blog/web-summit/important-event-update-2026/), (page data: published 19:09:00, modified 19:25:44; found by social.watch@PrompTugal.dinis, read at source by the lead 20:58) · from [row s-1110T1909](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1909)

## Facts read that day (from the body that decides or warns)

| When (UTC) | Label | What the row says |
|---|---|---|
| [11 Nov, 11:28 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T1128) | fact | Lisbon at 11:00: heavy rain, steady 4 to 6 mm an hour at every IPMA station in Lisbon (24.0 to 27.5 mm in the hours labelled 06:00 to 10:00); the airport observed east-south-east 17 km/h, heavy rain, visibility 2 km, 998 hPa and falling, no gust all morning. The 11:00 TAF repeats the 10:08 cut (gust… |
| [11 Nov, 09:03 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0903) | fact | IPMA's red rain warning for Lisbon is in force: 09:00 to 18:00, "Precipitação forte e persistente"; the orange wind warning is in force too, 09:00 to 21:00, gusts up to 120 km/h; the orange sea warning follows from 12:00. No new IPMA message for Lisbon since 07:16:30. At the airport at 08:30: wind 2… |
| [11 Nov, 08:44 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0844) | fact | IPMA's open-data feed now agrees with its 07:16:30 message: Lisbon's wind warning is orange, 09:00 to 21:00, "Rajadas até 120 km/h."; the red wind entry is gone (it was still listed at 08:22). The feed followed the message by between 66 and 88 minutes. Red rain 09:00 to 18:00 stands; the orange rain… |
| [11 Nov, 08:24 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0824) | fact | The whole of IPMA's 07:16:30 change, eleven messages: wind warnings lowered across the mainland. Red to orange, 09:00 to 21:00: Lisboa, Setúbal, Beja. Red to yellow, 12:00 to 21:00: Leiria, Santarém, Portalegre, Évora. Orange to yellow: Guarda, Castelo Branco, Coimbra. New: a yellow thunderstorm war… |
| [11 Nov, 08:22 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0822) | fact | Observed at the airports at 08:00. Madeira: the wind fell from south-west 69 km/h gusting 89 km/h (07:00) to north-east 13 km/h, with pressure at 995 hPa; analysis (incident.meteorologist@, hypothesis): the storm's centre passed close to Madeira airport between about 07:30 and 08:00. Lisbon: south-s… |
| [11 Nov, 07:38 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0738) | fact | IPMA lowered Lisbon's wind warning from red to orange, and starts it three hours earlier: orange wind, Wednesday 09:00 to 21:00, "Rajadas até 120 km/h" (was red, 12:00 to 21:00, with gusts that could reach 140 km/h in the most exposed places). IPMA sent the change at 07:16:30 as a CAP message (PO-01… |
| [11 Nov, 07:27 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0727) | fact | Madeira, observed: 249.5 mm of rain in six hours at IPMA's station Areeiro, its largest six consecutive hourly values so far (was 232.1 mm at the 04:23 read); this is the measurement behind the "more than 240 mm in six hours" an IPMA meteorologist gave Lusa (s-1111T0642). Madeira airport at 07:00: w… |
| [11 Nov, 06:42 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0642) | fact | Checked: the "winds of 130 km/h in Madeira" in press headlines (SAPO's front page, read 06:39; Lusa, 06:37, "Charles causou ventos de 130 km/hora na Madeira") matches the figure in IPMA's warning text, and no such observation is in IPMA's open data. Lusa's article (published 06:28, read 06:37 by inc… |
| [11 Nov, 06:25 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0625) | fact | Madeira's red warnings ended at 06:00, as IPMA had scheduled: its warnings page now shows orange as the highest level for Madeira's north coast, mountain regions and south coast (red at the 05:23 read); in its open data the red rain (all three areas, from 21:00 Tuesday) and the mountains' red wind c… |
| [11 Nov, 05:22 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0522) | fact | Lisbon airport's forecast issued at 05:00 lengthens the strong wind by two hours: at times 30 kt gusting 45 (83 km/h) from 09:00 to 18:00 (the 23:00 forecast had it to 16:00); the 30% chance of thunderstorm gusts of 58 kt (107 km/h) stays 10:00 to 18:00; west 12 kt from 18:00 to 20:00. Observed at 0… |
| [11 Nov, 02:55 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0255) | fact | Web Summit's own schedule, as read: the PITCH semi-final's session page still reads "November 11, 2026 • 5.00PM - 6.00PM Centre Stage", with no word of the storm, and the schedule for 11 November still lists Wednesday's sessions (62 pages), unmarked. So the semi-final's original slot was Wednesday 1… |
| [11 Nov, 02:28 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0228) | fact | The alert situation's legal text, read at source: Despacho n.º 13773-A/2026 (Diário da República n.º 218/2026, Suplemento, Série II, 10 November), by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and nine ministries, under Lei 27/2006: in force 00:00 to 23:59 on 11 November, measures 2(a) to (e) and re… |
| [11 Nov, 01:46 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0146) | fact | Madeira, observed: 230.5 mm of rain in six hours at IPMA's station Areeiro (the hours 20:00 Tuesday to 01:00 Wednesday; 133.9 mm in the six hours to 22:00); next: Santo da Serra 124.4, Pico do Areeiro 123.9, Pico Alto 116.7 mm in six hours |

## Evidence that day (reported by others)

| When (UTC) | Label | What the row says |
|---|---|---|
| [11 Nov, 11:35 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T1135) | evidence | the government's crisis cabinet line leads the live pages: "O mais complicado ainda vai acontecer" (RTP) and "Governo insiste na prevenção e avisa que tempestade ainda não chegou" (ECO), beside the lowered wind (CNN Portugal quotes IPMA: "A depressão acabou por mudar as suas características", a quot… |
| [11 Nov, 11:09 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T1109) | evidence | Rádio Observador (10:38) reports the overnight reassessment moved Charles's track further south, toward the Algarve, with heavy rain in Lisbon about 11:00 to 15:00 easing after about 18:00 (the press, not IPMA's written word; consistent with Faro keeping red wind, s-1111T0824). At the same sweep (10… |
| [11 Nov, 10:37 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T1037) | evidence | evidence: flights: 222 flights cancelled by 09:20 today, 208 at Lisbon and 14 at Faro, according to the airports' operator ANA's site as reported by CNN Portugal (09:54). Not read at ANA's own site (it shows a bot check to automated readers). Check with your airline |
| [11 Nov, 10:07 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T1007) | evidence | evidence: Madeira: the regional president, presenting at the regional civil protection service (SRPC), gave 205 occurrences to 09:00, with 542 responders and 216 vehicles, and said none was considered serious; he gave "479 milímetros de precipitação em 12 horas" against 387 mm on 20 February 2010 "n… |
| [11 Nov, 09:57 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0957) | evidence | Lisbon: the Vasco da Gama bridge is limited to 100 km/h because of the weather, as posted by Lusa at 09:24 (on Tuesday night the bridges had no restrictions: s-1110T2229). Madeira: access to Funchal's centre reopened (Lusa, 09:22); the counts differ: Lusa has 139 occurrences to 08:30, VOST about 200… |
| [11 Nov, 09:55 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0955) | evidence | the cancellation reaches the international trade press: Deadline, "Web Summit Cancels Day Two As Storm Charles Hits Lisbon" (posted 09:10). In Lisbon, CNN Portugal's live blog: the riverside almost empty with access restricted (entry 09:20) and photos of cars partly submerged at Oriente, next to the… |
| [11 Nov, 09:39 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0939) | evidence | the press now reports IPMA's wind change, and attributes more to IPMA than IPMA has written. Titles read: Observador's live blog "Vento. IPMA reduz nível de alerta em Lisboa, Setúbal e Beja"; TSF "Previsões do IPMA melhoram: apenas Faro está sob aviso vermelho para vento"; RTP's live blog "IPMA prev… |
| [11 Nov, 08:51 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0851) | evidence | the press on the morning ahead (CNN Portugal's live blog): intense rain may coincide with high tide and hinder drainage in the big cities (entry 08:27); civil protection counted 60 incidents by 06:00, Greater Lisbon the most affected with 26 (entry 08:26; the count for 03:30 reported earlier was 66,… |
| [11 Nov, 07:35 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0735) | evidence | near the venue: CNN Portugal's live blog (entry 07:24) reports nearly ten cars partly submerged at Parque das Nações, by Oriente, this morning. Not a decision and not confirmed at a public body. Also reported: Madeira's civil protection closed access to Funchal's centre (its communiqué, via Lusa, 07… |
| [11 Nov, 06:54 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0654) | evidence | the morning as one live blog has it (CNN Portugal): overnight, 66 incidents on the mainland with four floods in Greater Lisbon and the Setúbal peninsula (entry 05:44); the Porto Brandão-Trafaria-Pedrouços/Algés ferry is suspended on Wednesday while the Lisbon-South Bank ferries run in the morning (e… |
| [11 Nov, 05:41 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0541) | evidence | Madeira: 99 occurrences and electricity restored, as posted by Lusa at 04:42 (up from the 71 to 02:00 reported earlier); Lusa's 04:02 post carries the mainland's 66 occurrences at 03:30, citing civil protection (row s-1111T0437). Evidence: Lusa reporting the authorities; no count read at Madeira's c… |
| [11 Nov, 04:37 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0437) | evidence | the first count for the mainland: 66 occurrences at 03:30, reported by Lusa (carried by Notícias ao Minuto, 04:01, and on SAPO's front page) as civil protection's figure. Title read only; no count read at ANEPC itself, whose notice is still no. 21. IPMA unchanged at the same hour (communiqué no. 2; … |
| [11 Nov, 03:51 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0351) | evidence | Madeira: 71 occurrences between 20:00 on Tuesday and 02:00 on Wednesday (22 floodings, 13 landslides, 7 fallen trees; Machico 20, Santa Cruz 18, Funchal and Câmara de Lobos 10 each, Porto Santo 1), reported by DN Madeira (published 02:10) as the regional civil protection's count. That count reaches … |
| [11 Nov, 03:28 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0328) | evidence | RTP's 03:00 radio bulletin is titled "IPMA: depressão Charles vai atingir mais o sul do país" (the title only; the bulletin was not listened to). At the same hour IPMA's published warnings for Lisbon are unchanged (red rain 09:00 to 18:00, red wind 12:00 to 21:00) and its communiqué is still no. 2; … |
| [11 Nov, 02:33 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0233) | evidence | first reports of effects in Madeira: RTP's 02:00 radio bulletin is titled "proteção civil da Madeira regista mais de 50 ocorrências"; a SAPO front-page headline reports power cuts on Porto Santo. Titles only; no figure read at Madeira's civil protection (SRPC) yet |
| [11 Nov, 00:29 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0029) | evidence | the press now reports the track further south and a weaker wind: Público's live blog headline "Charles passa mais a sul do que o previsto e vento deverá ser menos intenso"; Observador "IPMA admite que Charles entre mais a sul do que o previsto"; Notícias ao Minuto "Tempestade muda de trajetória; CP … |

## Hypotheses that day (our analysis, never fact)

| When (UTC) | Label | What the row says |
|---|---|---|
| [11 Nov, 11:28 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T1128b) | hypothesis | analysis (incident.meteorologist@, hypothesis, low confidence): the wind backing from south-south-east to east-south-east while the pressure falls hints that the centre may pass south of Lisbon, against the reading of 09:22 (just north); the pressure minimum and the wind's turn between 13:00 and 16:… |
| [11 Nov, 09:41 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0941) | hypothesis | analysis (incident.meteorologist@, hypothesis) on the press's "two centres" (s-1111T0939). Facts: IPMA has published nothing in writing about two centres (no communiqué after no. 2, which speaks of one; its CAP texts do not describe the low). Madeira airport's pressure was lowest at 991 hPa at 06:30… |
| [11 Nov, 09:22 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0922) | hypothesis | analysis (incident.meteorologist@, hypothesis; supersedes the reading of 02:29): IPMA's new hourly model run (07:56) now shows the same pattern as MET Norway's: wind from the east around midday, a lull of about 11 km/h at 13:00, then south 40 km/h at 14:00 and south-west 35 km/h at 15:00, turning we… |
| [11 Nov, 02:29 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0229) | hypothesis | analysis (incident.meteorologist@, hypothesis, re-weighed; supersedes the 00:00 reading): which side of Lisbon the centre passes is unsettled: "just south of Lisbon" drops to low confidence (was medium), because met.no's 01:19 run veers the wind through south to west with its strongest mean wind (56… |
| [11 Nov, 00:15 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0015) | hypothesis | analysis (incident.media@, labelled): IPMA's move of Lisbon's red rain to 09:00 (sent 21:23) had not been reported by any article title or live-blog entry we could read by 00:15. Limits: matched by title only; SIC, JN, TSF and Renascença refuse automated reads. Who was first on the other facts: red … |
| [11 Nov, 00:00 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0000) | hypothesis | analysis (incident.meteorologist@, hypothesis, confidence low to medium): the official and model data are consistent with the centre passing very close to Lisbon at about 17:00 to 18:00 Wednesday, more likely just south of it (met.no's pressure minimum 986.7 hPa at 17:00 to 18:00 and a 160° wind swi… |

## The team that day

| When (UTC) | Label | What the row says |
|---|---|---|
| [11 Nov, 10:28 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T1028) | fact | Lisbon airport's forecast (TAF) amended at 10:08 and lowered again: at times south 20 kt gusting 35 (65 km/h) 10:00 to 16:00 (the 07:00 TAF had 30 gusting 45, 83 km/h, to 18:00); a 30% chance in thunderstorms of 40 gusting 55 (102 km/h), also ending 16:00; wind turning west by 18:00 to 20:00. At 10:… |
| [11 Nov, 02:38 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1111T0238) | fact | Madeira airport, observed at 02:30: wind 67 km/h gusting 98 km/h (METAR LPMA 110230Z 22036G53KT 3000 RA), the highest gust in the last 30 hours of its reports (01:00: 59 gusting 78 km/h). A point observation on the south-east coast, not a warning area; IPMA's stations report mean wind only |

## Evidence (11 outside addresses)

- cnnportugal.iol.pt, read 11 Nov, 08:41 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://cnnportugal.iol.pt/aominuto/6af2d07dd34e5a653d7338e2)
- amn.pt, read 11 Nov, 02:30 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://www.amn.pt/DGAM/Capitanias/Lisboa/Documentos_AMN/Aviso%20n%C2%BA%2053_2026_Agravamento%20condi%C3%A7%C3%B5es%20meteo%2009-11NOV_signed.pdf)
- jornaldenegocios.pt, read 10 Nov, 23:33 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://www.jornaldenegocios.pt/economia/detalhe/fiquem-em-casa-todos-os-que-puderem-escolas-e-servicos-publicos-encerrados-amanha-siga-ao-minuto)
- portugal.gov.pt, read 11 Nov, 01:00 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://portugal.gov.pt/gc25/comunicacao/noticias/governo-declara-situacao-de-alerta-em-todo-o-territorio-continental-1)
- dnoticias.pt, read 11 Nov, 10:04 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://www.dnoticias.pt/2026/11/11/512520-depressao-charles-deixou-mais-chuva-do-que-a-registada-no-20-de-fevereiro/)
- sapo.pt, read 11 Nov, 03:56 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://sapo.pt/artigo/depressao-charles-soma-71-ocorrencias-ate-as-2h00-na-madeira-6af3d1068caa48e7be3971db)
- procivmadeira.pt, read 11 Nov, 02:42 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://www.procivmadeira.pt/pt/10-noticias/2158-situacao-meteorologica-adversa-depressao-charles-medidas-preventivas.html)
- observador.pt, read 11 Nov, 06:35 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://observador.pt/liveblogs/manifestantes-detidos-no-porto-pronunciam-se-sobre-suspensao-provisoria-do-processo/)
- jornaleconomico.sapo.pt, read 10 Nov, 23:55 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://jornaleconomico.sapo.pt/noticias/cp-e-carris-circulam-mas-alertam-para-perturbacoes-e-rede-de-expressos-para/)
- websummit.com · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://websummit.com/blog/web-summit/important-event-update-2026/)
- feeds.meteoalarm.org, read 11 Nov, 01:05 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://feeds.meteoalarm.org/api/v1/warnings/feeds-portugal)

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