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Gale Warning 2, NWS Baltimore/Washington

January 5, 2014

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Jan 5, 2014, 1:52 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 6, 2014, 8:45 AM EST. It was in force for 23 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 5, 2014, 1:52 PM EST (18:52 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 6, 2014, 8:45 AM EST
Expired: Jan 7, 2014, 7:54 AM EST
In force: 23 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 5, 10:09 AM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 10:09 AM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 5, 12:01 PM EST, 1 hour 51 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
Jan 4, 8:43 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church	4 hr
Jan 5, 4:11 AM EST	Wind Chill Watch	LWX	Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick, Greene, Highland, Madison and 11 more	24 hr
Jan 5, 1:53 PM EST	Ice Storm Warning	LWX	Clarke	10 hr
Jan 5, 6:25 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		14 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2014 Every gale warning in 2014

Sources

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