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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Baltimore/Washington

October 31, 201317 counties in Virginia; Allegany County, Frederick County, Washington County, Maryland; 8 counties in West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this wind advisory at Oct 31, 2013, 12:53 PM EDT for 17 counties in Virginia; Allegany County, Frederick County, Washington County, Maryland; 8 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Nov 1, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 31, 2013, 12:53 PM EDT (16:53 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 1, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Nov 1, 2013, 10:38 AM EDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

All 28 counties

Allegany 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

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind 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 wind advisory went out at Oct 31, 10:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 10:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 31, 5:26 AM EDT, 7 hours 27 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
Oct 31, 6:48 PM EDT	Gale Warning	LWX		17 hr
Oct 31, 6:48 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		23 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2013 Wind Advisories in West Virginia, 2013 Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2013 Every wind advisory in 2013

Sources

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