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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Baltimore/Washington

November 17, 201313 counties in Virginia; Allegany County, Maryland; 4 counties in West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this wind advisory at Nov 17, 2013, 12:35 PM EST for 13 counties in Virginia; Allegany County, Maryland; 4 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Nov 17, 2013, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 17, 2013, 12:35 PM EST (17:35 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 17, 2013, 9:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 18, 2013, 6:00 AM EST
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington

Counties Allegany County, MD, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, 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, Grant County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Pendleton County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 230 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2013-11-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2013-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 343 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Nov 17, 10:30 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 10:30 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 1:11 AM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryLWXArlington, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, King George and 11 more8 hr
Nov 17, 1:23 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX3 days

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2013Wind Advisories in West Virginia, 2013Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2013Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.