Alert archive / Virginia / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this red flag warning at Feb 12, 2009, 6:49 AM EST for 25 counties in Virginia; 10 counties in Maryland; Berkeley County, Jefferson County, Morgan County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 12, 2009, 9:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 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 12, 2009, 6:49 AM EST (11:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2009, 9:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 12, 2009, 9:00 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
All 38 counties
Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Frederick County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Washington 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, Morgan County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:50 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.
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 12, 6:44 AM EST, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 6:44 AM EST, 5 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 11:03 PM EST, 7 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1103 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 ANZ530>537-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057- 121500- 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- 1103 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 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 A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER AND MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY OVERNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED STARTING AT 2 AM FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY FOR MOST OF THE AREA. A GALE WARNING CONTINUES ACROSS THE WATERS THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED. REPORTS OF WIND GUSTS OR WIND DAMAGE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ021-025>031-036>042-050-051- WVZ050>055-501>504-121500- 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- 1103 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009 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 A HIGH WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60 MPH BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE STARTING LATER THIS EVENING. THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN VIRGINIA...AS WELL AS LOUDOUN COUNTY...THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...AND WESTERN MARYLAND INCLUDING FREDERICK COUNTY. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS EAST OF THIS FOR WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE HIGH WARNING AND WIND ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THURSDAY FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 4 PM FOR THE FAVORED UPSLOPE AREAS OF THE ALLEGHENY AND POTOMAC HIGHLANDS. A DISTURBANCE WILL TRACK ACROSS THE REGION THIS WEEKEND...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO THE AREA ON SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN ACTIVATED. REPORTS OF SNOW...WIND GUSTS...OR WIND DAMAGE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 7:22 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Highland, Rockingham | 53 min |
| Feb 11, 8:10 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Augusta, Greene, Nelson, Rockingham, City of Charlottesville and 3 more | 65 min |
| Feb 11, 8:17 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Frederick, Highland, Rockingham, Shenandoah, City of Winchester | 58 min |
| Feb 11, 8:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 70 min |
| Feb 11, 8:54 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Greene, Madison, Page, Rappahannock and 2 more | 51 min |
| Feb 11, 9:19 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun and 4 more | 36 min |
| Feb 11, 9:33 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford and 4 more | 43 min |
| Feb 11, 9:37 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 61 min | |
| Feb 11, 9:51 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 39 min | |
| Feb 11, 10:07 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 49 min |
| Feb 11, 10:14 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 44 min | |
| Feb 12, 4:08 AM EST | Storm Warning | LWX | 12 hr | |
| Feb 11, 7:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Allegany | 74 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Virginia, 2009Red Flag Warnings in Maryland, 2009Red Flag Warnings in West Virginia, 2009Every red flag warning in 2009
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.