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Gale Warning 25, NWS Baltimore/Washington

May 15, 2014

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at May 15, 2014, 3:06 AM EDT. It took effect at May 15, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 18 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: May 15, 2014, 3:06 AM EDT (07:06 UTC)
In effect from: May 15, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 16, 2014, 12:00 PM EDT
In force: 18 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 May 15, 2:37 AM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 15, 2:37 AM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 2:43 AM EDT, 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 14, 9:58 PM EDT, 5 hours 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 15, 2:32 AM EDT, 34 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
May 15, 8:10 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax, City of Falls Church	3 hr
May 15, 10:19 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Loudoun	24 hr
May 15, 10:19 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Fairfax, Loudoun	24 hr
May 15, 11:53 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Stafford, City of Alexandria, City of Fairfax and 1 more	40 hr
May 15, 3:29 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		91 min
May 15, 3:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Madison, Orange, Page, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania	41 min
May 15, 3:36 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		84 min
May 15, 3:49 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Clarke, Warren	18 hr
May 15, 4:03 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier	47 hr
May 15, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier, Frederick, Loudoun, Prince William and 3 more	41 min
May 15, 4:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fairfax, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Manassas Park	40 min
May 15, 4:55 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		50 min
May 15, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, City of Falls Church	45 min
May 15, 2:19 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Anne Arundel	6 hr
May 15, 10:19 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Washington	24 hr
May 15, 10:19 AM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Washington	24 hr
May 15, 3:55 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Allegany	18 hr
May 15, 1:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Grant, Pendleton	4 hr
May 15, 3:41 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Morgan	55 hr
May 15, 4:00 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Hampshire, Hardy	52 hr

Nearby

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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.