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Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Baltimore/Washington

March 31, 201516 counties in Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this red flag warning at Mar 31, 2015, 4:00 AM EDT for 16 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Mar 31, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 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: Mar 31, 2015, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 31, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 31, 2015, 7:28 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

Counties Albemarle County, VA, Augusta County, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Mar 31, 3:59 AM EDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 3:59 AM EDT, 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 11:05 PM EDT, 4 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
Mar 31, 11:47 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more	10 hr
Mar 31, 4:34 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		14 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.