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Blizzard Warning 4, NWS Baltimore/Washington

December 6, 2010Grant County, Mineral County, Pendleton County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this blizzard warning at Dec 6, 2010, 11:00 AM EST for Grant County, Mineral County, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It was in force for 17 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: Dec 6, 2010, 11:00 AM EST (16:00 UTC)
Expired: Dec 7, 2010, 3:30 AM EST
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

Counties Grant County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Pendleton County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 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 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 Dec 5, 3:34 PM EST, 19 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 3:34 PM EST, 19 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 5, 2:38 PM EST, 20 hours 22 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
Dec 6, 8:53 AM EST	Wind Advisory	LWX	Greene, Highland, Madison, Nelson, Page, Rockingham and 5 more	11 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in West Virginia, 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.