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Gale Warning 12, NWS Baltimore/Washington

April 9, 2012

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Apr 9, 2012, 12:37 PM EDT. It was in force for 7 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 9, 2012, 12:37 PM EDT (16:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2012, 7:47 PM EDT
In force
7 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 9, 12:30 PM EDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 12:30 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 11:00 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 8:19 PM EDTRed Flag WarningLWXAlbemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 21 more23 hr
Apr 8, 11:05 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX19 hr
Apr 9, 3:45 AM EDTFreeze WatchLWXHighland11 hr
Apr 9, 10:34 AM EDTFire Weather WatchLWXAlbemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 21 more10 hr
Apr 9, 12:37 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX5 hr
Apr 9, 2:32 PM EDTFreeze WatchLWXHighland, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro13 hr
Apr 9, 2:32 PM EDTFreeze WarningLWXHighland, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro17 hr
Apr 9, 5:40 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX44 hr
Apr 9, 7:47 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX42 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2012Every 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.