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Wind Advisory 3, NWS Baltimore/Washington

January 24, 201023 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in Maryland; Hardy County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this wind advisory at Jan 24, 2010, 6:06 PM EST for 23 counties in Virginia; 9 counties in Maryland; Hardy County, West Virginia. It took effect at Jan 24, 2010, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 24, 2010, 6:06 PM EST (23:06 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 24, 2010, 8:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 25, 2010, 1:00 PM EST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
All 33 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, Arlington County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier 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, Hardy County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 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 24, 4:26 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 4:26 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 4:35 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
435 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057-
251645-
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-
PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR-
CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD-EASTERN BAY-
CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER-
PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD-
TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH
ISLAND-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-
435 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

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 FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE
AREA. PLEASE REFER TO WBCFFALWX FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY AND TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER TONIGHT THROUGH MIDDAY
MONDAY. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLOODING WOULD BE AFTER SUNRISE
MONDAY.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER TIDAL POTOMAC
RIVER THROUGH TONIGHT. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ACROSS
THE LOWER TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER AND MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN A GALE WARNING GOES INTO EFFECT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES MONDAY MORNING. RIVERS AND STREAMS
WILL RISE DURING AND AFTER THE RAIN...AND MINOR FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONTINUES FOR THE UPPER TIDAL POTOMAC
RIVER. A GALE WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE LOWER TIDAL POTOMAC AND
MARYLAND CHESAPEAKE BAY MONDAY MORNING. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES ARE
LIKELY MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AND MAY CONTINUE INTO
WEDNESDAY.

A COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 100 PM EST
MONDAY. MINOR COASTAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED DURING TIMES OF HIGH
TIDE ALONG THE WESTERN SHORE OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ALONG THE
TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE RELAY
REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ021-025>031-036>040-042-050-051-501-
502-WVZ050>055-501>504-251645-
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-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-
CULPEPER-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-
BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-PENDLETON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-
WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-
435 PM EST SUN JAN 24 2010

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 FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE
AREA. PLEASE REFER TO WBCFFALWX FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2500 FEET
ACROSS THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND SHENANDOAH VALLEY AREA THROUGH
700 PM EST. PLEASE REFER TO WBCNPWLWX FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE THROUGH
MONDAY MORNING. RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL RISE DURING AND AFTER THE
RAIN...AND RIVER FLOODING IS POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. RIVER FLOODING
IS LIKELY ON THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE POTOMAC RIVER AT AND BELOW
SPRINGFIELD...AND ALONG THE POTOMAC RIVER BETWEEN PAW PAW AND
LITTLE FALLS. FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY ON THE OPEQUON CREEK NEAR
MARTINSBURG.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE RELAY
REPORTS OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

SBK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 24, 4:13 AM ESTGale WarningLWX33 hr
Jan 24, 4:32 AM ESTWind AdvisoryLWXPage, Rockingham, Shenandoah, City of Harrisonburg, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro19 hr
Jan 24, 10:03 AM ESTCoastal Flood AdvisoryLWXArlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more19 hr
Jan 24, 6:02 PM ESTCoastal Flood WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more21 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2010Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2010Wind Advisories in West Virginia, 2010Every wind advisory 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.