A destructive windstorm disrupted the power supply to more than a dozen atomic clocks that keep official time in the United States.

When a massive windstorm in Colorado last Wednesday indirectly disconnected more than a dozen atomic clocks from their system ...

Officials said the error is likely be too minute for the general public to clock it, but it could affect applications such as critical infrastructure, telecommunications and GPS signals.

Atomic clocks went out of sync after a severe windstorm knocked out power at a Denver laboratory and a backup generator failed ...

The affected atomic clocks, mainly hydrogen masers and cesium beams, are essential for determining UTC(NIST), with 10 to 15 of them typically in active use at the Boulder laboratory.