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High Wind Watch 1, NWS Baltimore/Washington

February 23, 201217 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland; 8 counties in West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this high wind watch at Feb 23, 2012, 1:40 PM EST for 17 counties in Virginia; 4 counties in Maryland; 8 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 24, 2012, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2012, 1:40 PM EST (18:40 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 24, 2012, 10:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 24, 2012, 3:53 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

All 29 counties

Allegany County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Washington County, MD, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah 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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind watch 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 high wind watch went out at Feb 23, 11:29 AM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 11:29 AM EST, 2 hours 11 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
Feb 23, 3:32 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		9 hr
Feb 23, 9:50 AM EST	Gale Warning	LWX		56 hr
Feb 23, 9:50 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		20 hr
Feb 23, 10:05 AM EST	Fire Weather Watch	LWX	Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, Shenandoah and 4 more	18 hr
Feb 23, 1:04 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		2 hr

Nearby

High Wind Watches in Virginia, 2012 High Wind Watches in West Virginia, 2012 High Wind Watches in Maryland, 2012 Every high wind watch 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.