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Coastal Flood Statement 1, NWS Baltimore/Washington

April 2, 20125 counties in Virginia; Prince George's County, Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this coastal flood statement at Apr 2, 2012, 2:44 AM EDT for 5 counties in Virginia; Prince George's County, Maryland. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2012, 2:44 AM EDT (06:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2012, 8:00 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington

Counties Prince George's County, MD, Arlington County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, Fairfax County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:44 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 coastal flood statement 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 coastal flood statement went out at Apr 1, 3:07 PM EDT, 11 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 3:07 PM EDT, 11 hours 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 8:12 AM EDTGale WarningLWX3 hr
Apr 2, 8:12 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX14 hr
Apr 2, 12:01 PM EDTFrost AdvisoryLWXClarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Madison and 9 more20 hr
Apr 2, 12:01 PM EDTFreeze WarningLWXAllegany, Carroll, Frederick, Washington20 hr

Nearby

Coastal Flood Statements in Virginia, 2012Coastal Flood Statements in Maryland, 2012Every coastal flood statement in 2012

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.