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Freeze Warning 5, NWS Baltimore/Washington

April 6, 201224 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in Maryland; 8 counties in West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this freeze warning at Apr 6, 2012, 3:54 AM EDT for 24 counties in Virginia; 5 counties in Maryland; 8 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 7, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 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: Apr 6, 2012, 3:54 AM EDT (07:54 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 7, 2012, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 7, 2012, 8:01 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

All 37 counties

Allegany County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Washington County, MD, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland 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, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Pendleton County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 6, 3:51 AM EDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 3:51 AM EDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 1:16 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 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
Apr 6, 1:09 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more	9 hr
Apr 6, 4:11 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		39 hr
Apr 6, 2:25 PM EDT	Fire Weather Watch	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church	14 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Virginia, 2012 Freeze Warnings in West Virginia, 2012 Freeze Warnings in Maryland, 2012 Every freeze warning 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.