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Gale Warning 3, NWS Baltimore/Washington

January 31, 2013

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Jan 31, 2013, 3:03 PM EST. It took effect at Feb 1, 2013, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 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
Jan 31, 2013, 3:03 PM EST (20:03 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 1, 2013, 6:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 1, 2013, 6:00 PM EST
In force
12 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 Jan 31, 3:03 PM EST, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 31, 3:03 PM EST, 0 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 31, 9:13 AM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 30, 7:34 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLWXArlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church26 min
Jan 30, 7:41 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 4 more49 min
Jan 30, 8:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLWXArlington, City of Alexandria32 min
Jan 30, 9:12 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Augusta, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Madison and 4 more6 hr
Jan 30, 9:39 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningLWXFauquier, Loudoun6 hr
Jan 30, 9:42 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLWXLoudoun31 hr
Jan 30, 9:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLWXAugusta, Highland, Page, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg, City of Staunton and 1 more6 hr
Jan 30, 10:30 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLWXArlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Alexandria and 4 more6 hr
Jan 30, 11:11 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningLWXRockingham, Shenandoah6 hr
Jan 31, 12:27 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLWXKing George, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg33 min
Jan 31, 2:20 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningLWXAugusta, Highland, Rockingham, City of Harrisonburg, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro3 hr
Jan 31, 2:34 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningLWXAlbemarle, Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Madison, Nelson and 5 more17 hr
Jan 31, 2:46 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchLWXClarke7 hr
Jan 31, 2:54 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryLWXArlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Highland, Spotsylvania, Stafford and 4 more36 hr
Jan 31, 5:36 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningLWXLoudoun7 hr
Jan 31, 7:00 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningLWXClarke, Shenandoah, Warren6 hr
Jan 31, 7:21 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLWXCulpeper, Orange11 hr
Jan 31, 7:31 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchLWXFairfax7 hr
Jan 31, 7:47 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchLWXCulpeper, Fauquier10 min
Jan 31, 7:55 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLWXCulpeper, Fauquier20 hr
Jan 31, 9:36 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLWXLoudoun34 hr
Jan 31, 10:00 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLWXClarke38 hr
Jan 31, 10:04 AM ESTRiver Flood WatchLWXShenandoah, Warren5 hr
Jan 31, 3:03 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX15 hr
Jan 30, 8:21 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLWXHarford24 min
Jan 30, 8:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementLWXAnne Arundel31 min
Jan 30, 9:31 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLWXMontgomery23 hr
Jan 31, 1:21 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, Prince George's, Saint Mary's3 hr
Jan 31, 1:52 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLWXCalvert, Saint Mary's53 min
Jan 31, 2:39 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLWXFrederick28 hr
Jan 31, 7:31 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningLWXMontgomery3 hr
Jan 31, 8:38 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningLWXAnne Arundel, Howard, Prince George's13 hr
Jan 30, 9:50 PM ESTRiver Flood WatchLWXBerkeley, Jefferson5 hr
Jan 31, 2:32 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLWXPendleton5 hr
Jan 31, 2:32 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLWXBerkeley, Jefferson26 hr
Jan 31, 9:31 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLWXHampshire11 hr
Jan 31, 2:46 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLWXMorgan16 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.