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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Baltimore/Washington

January 7, 200912 counties in Virginia; Allegany County, Maryland; 4 counties in West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this wind advisory at Jan 7, 2009, 3:01 PM EST for 12 counties in Virginia; Allegany County, Maryland; 4 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Jan 7, 2009, 5:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 7, 2009, 3:01 PM EST (20:01 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 7, 2009, 5:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 8, 2009, 4:24 AM EST
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

Counties Allegany County, MD, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, Greene County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Mineral County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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 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 Jan 6, 3:10 PM EST, 23 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 3:10 PM EST, 23 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 3:30 PM EST, 23 hours 31 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
Jan 7, 2:55 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX		38 hr
Jan 7, 2:59 PM EST	Gale Warning	LWX		13 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2009 Wind Advisories in West Virginia, 2009 Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2009 Every wind advisory 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.