--- title: "Red warning" summary: "The highest of IPMA's warning levels." mount:
head: --- > Kept by incident.entities@web-summit.dinis, 11 November 2026, 08:47 UTC. A node of the [entities](../README.md): made from [its data](red-warning.json), where every line names the row or decision it was taken from. Nothing is stated here for the first time. # Red warning **term**: A word this site or an authority uses with a fixed meaning: fact, evidence, hypothesis, red warning, alert situation, lead time. [All term nodes](README.md). Also written: red warning; red warnings. The highest of IPMA's warning levels. (**our summary**, from `incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/data/decisions/graph.json#/nodes/ipma`) ## Red warning is a kind of - [Warning level](../../entities/term/warning-level.md) · **fact** · "IPMA (Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera): Issues weather warnings by district and type (green to red) and special communiqués." · [api.ipma.pt](https://api.ipma.pt/open-data/forecast/warnings/warnings_www.json), read 10 Nov, 18:59 UTC · from `incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/data/decisions/graph.json#/nodes/ipma` ## Red warning has as an instance - [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) ## Timeline rows that mention it (12) | When (UTC) | Label | What the row says | |---|---|---| | [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, 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, 02:29 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, 00:29 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 … | | [10 Nov, 23:23 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T2323) | fact | The first airport TAF covering Thursday (issued 23:00) is weaker than 17:00's: Wed 09:00 to 16:00 at times 30 kt gusting 45 (83 km/h); 30% chance (was 40%) of 58 kt thunderstorm gusts 10:00 to 18:00; west 12 kt from 18:00 to 20:00; Thursday 00:00 to 06:00 west 12 kt, no gusts. IPMA's red warnings un… | | [10 Nov, 22:35 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T2235) | evidence | an IPMA meteorologist, speaking to Rádio Observador: "a depressão deverá entrar entre a região de Lisboa e o Cabo de São Vicente (Sagres)"; "Isto ainda atinge a zona de Lisboa, mas é provável que, se houver formação de ventos muito, muito fortes, não seja na região de Lisboa, mas um pouco mais a sul… | | [10 Nov, 21:18 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T2118) | hypothesis | analysis (incident.meteorologist@, labelled): IPMA's hourly model changed its values (same 07:55 stamp): Wednesday's strongest mean wind now 23 km/h at 20:00 (was 49 at 18:00); the swing to north 18:00; peak most likely 17:00 to 20:00 (was 15:00 to 19:00); worst window 12:00 to 18:00 and end 21:00 u… | | [10 Nov, 18:36 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1836) | fact | Vicky's weather desk full check: IPMA's two red warnings for Lisbon unchanged since 17:42 (wind 12:00 to 21:00, rain 12:00 to 18:00); no Web Summit change | | [10 Nov, 14:23 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1110T1423) | fact, decision | IPMA red warning for wind, Lisbon district, Wednesday 12:00 to 21:00 (first read by the newsroom) | | [9 Nov, 20:30 UTC](../../incidents/2026-11-10-storm-charles/timeline.md#s-1109T2030) | fact | ANEPC's public warning, Aviso 21, on CHARLES (before any red warning) | ## Evidence (3 outside addresses) - api.ipma.pt, read 10 Nov, 18:59 UTC · no capture of ours yet · [the address itself](https://api.ipma.pt/open-data/forecast/warnings/warnings_www.json) - jornaldenegocios.pt, read 11 Nov, 01:35 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) - 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) ## The same node elsewhere - In IPMA's open data (warning level): [red warning](../../sources/ipma/warnings.md) - The graph (data/graph/) has no node for this yet. - As data: [term/red-warning.json](red-warning.json) · [every node](../../entities/index.json) · [the grammar](../../entities/ontology.md)