It's also in effect for 8 other counties
Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Kerry and Limerick will also be affected.
The alert will be in place until 10 o'clock tonight, with a risk of coastal flooding.
Alan O'Reilly from Carlow Weather says it'll be very windy in the west with a yellow wind alert for the rest of the country:
