Alert archive / Virginia / Gale Warnings in 2009
Gale Warning 8, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Mar 29, 2009, 2:30 PM EDT. It took effect at Mar 30, 2009, 4:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Mar 29, 2009, 2:30 PM EDT (18:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2009, 4:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2009, 11:02 AM EDT
- In force
- 7 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 Mar 29, 10:50 AM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 10:50 AM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 29, 2:14 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 214 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 MDZ003-004-WVZ053-291900- WASHINGTON MD-FREDERICK MD-JEFFERSON WV- 214 PM EDT SUN MAR 29 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT WASHINGTON...FREDERICK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES... AT 214 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SHARPSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS THAT WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE BOONSBORO...HAGERSTOWN...WOLFSVILLE...THURMONT AND EMMITSBURG. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IN CASE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. SMZ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2:31 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | LWX | 20 hr | |
| Mar 29, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Mar 29, 5:09 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 96 min | |
| Mar 29, 5:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 115 min | |
| Mar 29, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick, Washington | 22 min |
| Mar 29, 5:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Harford | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 5:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Baltimore, Carroll, Harford | 25 min |
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