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Gale Warning 4, NWS Baltimore/Washington

February 18, 2009

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Feb 18, 2009, 2:46 PM EST. It took effect at Feb 19, 2009, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 33 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 18, 2009, 2:46 PM EST (19:46 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 19, 2009, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 20, 2009, 3:03 PM EST
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Feb 18, 2:45 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 2:45 PM EST, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 11:58 AM EST, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 18, 9:48 AM EST, 4 hours 58 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 17, 10:15 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Clarke, Frederick, Greene, Nelson, Page, Rockingham and 7 more	14 hr
Feb 18, 2:55 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX		44 hr
Feb 18, 2:56 PM EST	Wind Advisory	LWX		37 hr
Feb 18, 2:55 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	LWX	Allegany	44 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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