Post-Tropical Cyclone Polo — 30 kt sustained winds was recorded by Global Incident Tracker on Sunday, 20 September 2026 at 21:00 UTC. The event is classified as a cyclone / hurricane incident with a severity rating of Minor, and was detected through NHC.
Post-Tropical Cyclone Polo is active with maximum sustained winds of 30 knots (56 km/h) and a central pressure of 996 mb. Moving toward 40 degrees at 23 knots. Position and intensity are from the US National Hurricane Center, which issues the official advisories for this basin. Figures change with every advisory; this record updates with them.
Understanding cyclone / hurricane events
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Safety guidance for cyclone / hurricane situations
- Know whether you are in a storm-surge evacuation zone and leave before roads become impassable.
- Shelter in an interior room away from windows; the eye passing overhead is not the end of the storm.
- Stock water, medication, cash, power banks and documents in a waterproof bag.
- Most cyclone deaths come from water, not wind — take flood warnings as seriously as wind warnings.
- Follow only official instructions from local authorities and emergency services — this page is a monitoring record, not an emergency alert.
Data and verification
This record was generated automatically from NHC and de-duplicated against our archive. Early reports for any incident can be revised: locations get refined, magnitudes are recalculated and impact figures change as assessments arrive. We deliberately do not publish casualty numbers unless an official source states them. The original source report is linked at the top of this page.
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Timeline and sources
Official warning
Issued by NOAA National Hurricane Center. 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.
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· received · event time 20 Sep 2026, 21:00 UTCFirst report Official warning
First recorded from NOAA National Hurricane Center.
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Tropical Depression Seventeen-E — 30 kt sustained winds" became "Tropical Depression Seventeene — 30 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Tropical Depression Seventeene — 30 kt sustained winds" became "Tropical Depression Seventeen-E — 30 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Tropical Depression Seventeen-E — 30 kt sustained winds" became "Tropical Storm Polo — 35 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
Severity raised from Minor to Moderate after NOAA National Hurricane Center updated its report.
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Tropical Storm Polo — 35 kt sustained winds" became "Tropical Storm Polo — 40 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Tropical Storm Polo — 40 kt sustained winds" became "Tropical Storm Polo — 45 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Tropical Storm Polo — 45 kt sustained winds" became "Tropical Storm Polo — 55 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Tropical Storm Polo — 55 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 70 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
Severity raised from Moderate to Severe after NOAA National Hurricane Center updated its report.
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 70 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 75 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 75 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 80 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 80 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 95 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 95 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 115 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
Severity raised from Severe to Extreme after NOAA National Hurricane Center updated its report.
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 115 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 130 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 130 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 140 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 140 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 145 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 145 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 155 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 155 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 150 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 150 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 145 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 145 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 135 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 135 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 130 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 130 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 125 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 125 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 140 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 140 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 135 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 140 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 155 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 145 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 140 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 135 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 125 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 125 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 120 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 120 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 105 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 105 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 110 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 110 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 105 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 105 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 100 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 100 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 95 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
Severity lowered from Extreme to Severe after NOAA National Hurricane Center updated its report.
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 95 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 70 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 70 kt sustained winds" became "Hurricane Polo — 65 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Hurricane Polo — 65 kt sustained winds" became "Tropical Storm Polo — 55 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
Severity lowered from Severe to Moderate after NOAA National Hurricane Center updated its report.
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Tropical Storm Polo — 55 kt sustained winds" became "Tropical Storm Polo — 40 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
NOAA National Hurricane Center revised its report: "Tropical Storm Polo — 40 kt sustained winds" became "Post-Tropical Cyclone Polo — 30 kt sustained winds".
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· receivedSource revised Official warning
Severity lowered from Moderate to Minor after NOAA National Hurricane Center updated its report.
Times are when this site received each report, in UTC; the event time is shown where the source gave one. Copies of one syndicated story count as one report.
Conditions at the time
No rainfall was recorded that day, and the temperature peaked at 30°C.
Weather reanalysis for this location and date via Open-Meteo.