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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Baltimore/Washington

February 10, 200825 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in Maryland; Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this red flag warning at Feb 10, 2008, 4:00 AM EST for 25 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in Maryland; Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 10, 2008, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 10, 2008, 4:00 AM EST (09:00 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 10, 2008, 12:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 10, 2008, 10:00 PM EST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

All 32 counties

Anne Arundel County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Charles County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Albemarle County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Augusta County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, King George County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Jefferson County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at Feb 10, 3:48 AM EST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 3:48 AM EST, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 9, 8:44 PM EST, 7 hours 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 10, 4:03 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	LWX	Frederick, Shenandoah, City of Winchester	33 hr

Nearby

Red Flag Warnings in Virginia, 2008 Red Flag Warnings in Maryland, 2008 Red Flag Warnings in West Virginia, 2008 Every red flag warning in 2008

Sources

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