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Gale Warning 11, NWS Baltimore/Washington

April 2, 2012

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Apr 2, 2012, 8:12 AM EDT. It was in force for 3 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 2, 2012, 8:12 AM EDT (12:12 UTC)
Expired: Apr 2, 2012, 11:34 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Apr 2, 4:49 AM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 4:49 AM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 5:12 AM EDT, 3 hours 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 2, 2:44 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church	5 hr
Apr 2, 8:12 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		14 hr
Apr 2, 12:01 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	LWX	Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Madison and 9 more	20 hr
Apr 2, 12:01 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	LWX	Allegany, Carroll, Frederick, Washington	20 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2012 Every gale 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.