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Gale Warning 4, NWS Baltimore/Washington

January 25, 2015

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Jan 25, 2015, 2:54 PM EST. It took effect at Jan 26, 2015, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 9 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 25, 2015, 2:54 PM EST (19:54 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 26, 2015, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 27, 2015, 3:10 AM EST
In force: 9 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 25, 11:21 AM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 25, 11:21 AM EST, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 25, 11:11 AM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 25, 11:56 AM EST, 2 hours 58 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 24, 10:30 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	LWX	Highland	5 hr
Jan 25, 3:36 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	LWX	Frederick, City of Winchester	51 hr
Jan 25, 4:06 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		3 hr
Jan 25, 4:06 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		4 days
Jan 25, 9:38 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more	47 hr
Jan 25, 10:40 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Calvert, Harford, Saint Mary's, City of Baltimore	16 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2015 Every gale warning in 2015

Sources

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