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Gale Warning 2, NWS Baltimore/Washington

January 6, 2015

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Jan 6, 2015, 3:31 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 7, 2015, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 22 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 6, 2015, 3:31 AM EST (08:31 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 7, 2015, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 8, 2015, 3:40 AM EST
In force: 22 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, 9:25 PM EST, 6 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 9:25 PM EST, 6 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 2:42 AM EST, 49 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 5, 9:17 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		33 hr
Jan 6, 7:01 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Warren, City of Alexandria and 2 more	12 hr
Jan 6, 2:00 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		12 hr
Jan 6, 2:58 PM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more	50 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2015 Every gale warning in 2015

Sources

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