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Wind Advisory 10, NWS Baltimore/Washington

December 23, 200710 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in Maryland; 7 counties in West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this wind advisory at Dec 23, 2007, 4:08 AM EST for 10 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in Maryland; 7 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Dec 23, 2007, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 23, 2007, 4:08 AM EST (09:08 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 23, 2007, 7:00 AM EST
Expired
Dec 23, 2007, 10:18 PM EST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
All 22 counties

Allegany County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Washington County, MD, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Page County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Morgan County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 80 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2007-12-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 00:00Z on 2007-12-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
636 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
272 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Baltimore/Washington wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind advisory went out at Dec 23, 3:41 AM EST, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 3:41 AM EST, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 10:04 PM EST, 6 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1004 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007

ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057-
231000-
CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA-
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD-
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD-
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA-
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-
SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-
CALVERT-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
KING GEORGE-
1004 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN
CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT
PASSAGE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT
DEVELOPS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT
FOR THE MARINE AREAS. GUSTS UP TO 30 KT CAN BE EXPECTED.

WITH AN EAST TO SOUTHEAST FLOW AND FULL MOON...WATER LEVELS MAY
INCREASE TO 1 TO 2 FEET ABOVE NORMAL SUNDAY. THESE ANOMALIES MAY
LEAD TO MINOR TIDAL FLOODING IN AREAS ADJACENT TO THE TIDAL
POTOMAC AND CHESAPEAKE BAY DURING TIMES OF HIGH TIDE THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED OVERNIGHT. HOWEVER...
ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050-051-
WVZ050>055-501>504-231000-
WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-
EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-HIGHLAND-
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-
NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN-
ORANGE-CULPEPER-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-
HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
1004 PM EST SAT DEC 22 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA...
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT
PASSAGE ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT
DEVELOPS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS...
MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...
ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SUNDAY AFTERNOON.

HTS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 23, 7:30 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryLWXArlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, King George, Madison, Orange and 7 more7 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2007Wind Advisories in West Virginia, 2007Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2007Every wind advisory in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.