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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Baltimore/Washington

February 5, 20107 counties in Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this blizzard warning at Feb 5, 2010, 3:06 PM EST for 7 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Feb 5, 2010, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 19 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 5, 2010, 3:06 PM EST (20:06 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 5, 2010, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 6, 2010, 4:50 PM EST
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

Counties Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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 blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Feb 5, 3:04 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 3:04 PM EST, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 1:27 PM EST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 5, 12:34 PM EST, 2 hours 32 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 5, 10:38 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		49 hr
Feb 5, 1:09 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Arlington, King George, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church	32 hr
Feb 5, 3:08 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		45 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in Maryland, 2010 Every blizzard warning in 2010

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.