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Small Craft Advisory 89, NWS Baltimore/Washington

April 11, 2012

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this small craft advisory at Apr 11, 2012, 1:29 AM EDT. It took effect at Apr 11, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2012, 1:29 AM EDT (05:29 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 11, 2012, 9:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 11, 2012, 2:05 PM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Apr 10, 10:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 10:17 PM EDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 1:28 AM EDT, 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 10, 8:50 PM EDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 10, 8:57 PM EDT, 4 hours 32 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 11, 5:06 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		39 hr
Apr 11, 6:51 AM EDT	Red Flag Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, City of Staunton	13 hr
Apr 11, 1:45 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	LWX	Highland	15 hr
Apr 11, 1:45 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	LWX	Highland, Nelson, Page, Rockingham, Shenandoah, City of Harrisonburg and 2 more	19 hr
Apr 11, 2:05 PM EDT	Gale Warning	LWX		4 hr
Apr 11, 2:05 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		4 hr
Apr 11, 6:02 PM EDT	Gale Warning	LWX		4 hr
Apr 11, 6:02 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		26 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.