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Gale Warning 4, NWS Baltimore/Washington

January 20, 2014

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Jan 20, 2014, 1:34 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 21, 2014, 5:09 PM EST. It was in force for 17 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 20, 2014, 1:34 PM EST (18:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 21, 2014, 5:09 PM EST
Expired: Jan 22, 2014, 10:00 AM EST
In force: 17 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 20, 12:39 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 12:39 PM EST, 55 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 20, 3:33 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	LWX	Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more	9 hr
Jan 20, 12:20 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	LWX	Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 22 more	35 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.