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Gale Warning 19, NWS Baltimore/Washington

September 30, 2015

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Sep 30, 2015, 3:42 PM EDT. It took effect at Oct 1, 2015, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 3 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 30, 2015, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 1, 2015, 6:00 PM EDT
Expired: Oct 4, 2015, 9:55 PM EDT
In force: 3 days
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 Sep 30, 3:21 PM EDT, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 3:21 PM EDT, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 11:18 AM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 30, 12:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 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
Sep 29, 8:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Fauquier, Loudoun	3 hr
Sep 29, 9:08 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Loudoun	3 hr
Sep 29, 9:28 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church	4 hr
Sep 29, 9:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Rappahannock	12 hr
Sep 29, 10:26 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Loudoun	6 hr
Sep 29, 10:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		60 min
Sep 29, 10:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		64 min
Sep 29, 10:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Loudoun	7 hr
Sep 29, 10:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Madison, Orange	7 hr
Sep 29, 11:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Loudoun	3 hr
Sep 29, 11:41 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		94 min
Sep 29, 11:45 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Loudoun	15 hr
Sep 30, 1:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Fauquier, Loudoun	6 hr
Sep 30, 3:48 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Statement	LWX	Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church	25 min
Sep 30, 4:13 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church	14 hr
Sep 30, 1:57 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier	11 hr
Sep 30, 3:42 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		6 days
Sep 29, 10:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Prince George's	3 hr
Sep 29, 11:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Baltimore	3 hr
Sep 29, 11:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Baltimore, Harford	3 hr
Sep 30, 5:15 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Baltimore	3 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.