Alert archive / Maryland / Winter Storm Warnings in 2010
Winter Storm Warning 13, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this winter storm warning at Dec 25, 2010, 3:42 PM EST for 4 counties in Virginia; 7 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Dec 25, 2010, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 24 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 25, 2010, 3:42 PM EST (20:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 25, 2010, 10:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2010, 10:24 PM EST
- In force
- 24 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, Arlington County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, King George County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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 winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Dec 25, 3:29 PM EST, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 3:29 PM EST, 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 9:28 AM EST, 6 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 928 AM EST SAT DEC 25 2010 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ006-007-011-013-014-016>018-VAZ052>057- 261000- 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- 928 AM EST SAT DEC 25 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE /WBCWSWLWX/ FOR MORE INFORMATION. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER AND MARYLAND PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY SUNDAY. A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IS ANTICIPATED SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY. WINDS MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT A GALE WARNING SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. MDZ003>005-009-010-501-502-VAZ025>031-036>040-042-050-051-501>504- WVZ050>053-055-501>506-261000- WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA- ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NELSON- ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-LOUDOUN-ORANGE-CULPEPER- NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND- EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY- WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT-WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL- WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON- 928 AM EST SAT DEC 25 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT FOR LOCATIONS EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE WINTER STORM WATCH CONTINUES EAST OF THE BLUE RIDGE SUNDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE /WBCWSWLWX/ FOR MORE INFORMATION. IF THE TRACK OF THE STORM ENDS UP BEING FURTHER WEST...THE THREAT FOR HIGHER SNOW TOTALS COULD ALSO SPREAD FURTHER WEST WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE. UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS ARE LIKELY ACROSS WESTERN SLOPES OF THE HIGHLANDS SUNDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO FOR SOME AREAS WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...PARTICULARLY AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS...SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY NIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MAY BE NECESSARY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 3:09 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Arlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, King George and 11 more | 13 hr |
| Dec 25, 3:27 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 36 hr | |
| Dec 25, 3:01 PM EST | Gale Warning | LWX | 63 hr | |
| Dec 25, 3:42 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more | 48 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Maryland, 2010Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2010Every winter storm 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.