Alert archive / Virginia / Wind Advisories in 2015
Wind Advisory 4, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this wind advisory at Feb 1, 2015, 10:39 PM EST for 14 counties in Maryland; 33 counties in Virginia; 8 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 2, 2015, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 1, 2015, 10:39 PM EST (03:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 2, 2015, 8:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 2, 2015, 9:58 PM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
All 55 counties
Allegany County, MD, Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Washington County, MD, Albemarle County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Augusta County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Charlottesville, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland County, VA, King George County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Pendleton County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 53 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2272 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 407 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 594 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
632 WWUS71 KLWX 020339 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1039 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... DCZ001-MDZ005-006-011-013-014-016>018-503>508-VAZ036>040-050>057- 502-506-021145- /O.NEW.KLWX.WI.Y.0004.150202T1700Z-150203T0500Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE- SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT-NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY- NORTHWEST HOWARD-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD-NORTHWEST HARFORD- SOUTHEAST HARFORD-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK- ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-EASTERN LOUDOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...WESTMINSTER...PARKTON... REISTERSTOWN...COCKEYSVILLE...BALTIMORE...DUNDALK...CATONSVILLE... ANNAPOLIS...WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY...GERMANTOWN...DAMASCUS... ROCKVILLE...LISBON...COLUMBIA...ELLICOTT CITY...JARRETTSVILLE... ABERDEEN...CHARLOTTESVILLE...CULPEPER...MANASSAS... MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX...ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH... FREDERICKSBURG...LEESBURG...ASHBURN 1039 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND TAKE CARE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ MDZ003-004-501-502-VAZ025>031-501-503>505-507-508-WVZ050>053-055- 501>506-021145- /O.NEW.KLWX.WI.Y.0004.150202T1300Z-150203T0500Z/ WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH- FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NORTHERN FAUQUIER- WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-WESTERN LOUDOUN- NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN- BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-WESTERN PENDLETON- EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK...FROSTBURG... CUMBERLAND...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...WINCHESTER... FRONT ROYAL...WARRENTON...HIGHTOWN...MONTEREY...PURCELLVILLE... BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN... MOOREFIELD...BAYARD...MOUNT STORM...PETERSBURG...ELK GARDEN... KEYSER...FORT ASHBY...CIRCLEVILLE...FRANKLIN 1039 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT EST MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND TAKE CARE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ KCS
5 follow-up statements
106 WWUS71 KLWX 020923 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 423 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015 DCZ001-MDZ005-006-011-013-014-016>018-503>508-VAZ036>040-050>057- 502-506-021730- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0004.150202T1700Z-150203T0500Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE- SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT-NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY- NORTHWEST HOWARD-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD-NORTHWEST HARFORD- SOUTHEAST HARFORD-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK- ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-EASTERN LOUDOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...WESTMINSTER...PARKTON... REISTERSTOWN...COCKEYSVILLE...BALTIMORE...DUNDALK...CATONSVILLE... ANNAPOLIS...WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY...GERMANTOWN...DAMASCUS... ROCKVILLE...LISBON...COLUMBIA...ELLICOTT CITY...JARRETTSVILLE... ABERDEEN...CHARLOTTESVILLE...CULPEPER...MANASSAS... MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX...ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH... FREDERICKSBURG...LEESBURG...ASHBURN 423 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS FROM MID AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND TAKE CARE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ MDZ003-004-501-502-VAZ025>031-501-503>505-507-508-WVZ050>053-055- 501>506-021730- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0004.150202T1300Z-150203T0500Z/ WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH- FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NORTHERN FAUQUIER- WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-WESTERN LOUDOUN- NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN- BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-WESTERN PENDLETON- EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK...FROSTBURG... CUMBERLAND...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...WINCHESTER... FRONT ROYAL...WARRENTON...HIGHTOWN...MONTEREY...PURCELLVILLE... BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN... MOOREFIELD...BAYARD...MOUNT STORM...PETERSBURG...ELK GARDEN... KEYSER...FORT ASHBY...CIRCLEVILLE...FRANKLIN 423 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL JUST PAST SUNSET. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE RIDGE TOPS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND TAKE CARE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ HTS
424 WWUS71 KLWX 021425 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 925 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015 DCZ001-MDZ005-006-011-013-014-016>018-503>508-VAZ036>040-050>057- 502-506-022230- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0004.150202T1700Z-150203T0500Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE- SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT-NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY- NORTHWEST HOWARD-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD-NORTHWEST HARFORD- SOUTHEAST HARFORD-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK- ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-EASTERN LOUDOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...WESTMINSTER...PARKTON... REISTERSTOWN...COCKEYSVILLE...BALTIMORE...DUNDALK...CATONSVILLE... ANNAPOLIS...WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY...GERMANTOWN...DAMASCUS... ROCKVILLE...LISBON...COLUMBIA...ELLICOTT CITY...JARRETTSVILLE... ABERDEEN...CHARLOTTESVILLE...CULPEPER...MANASSAS... MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX...ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH... FREDERICKSBURG...LEESBURG...ASHBURN 925 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS FROM MID AFTERNOON UNTIL EARLY EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND TAKE CARE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ MDZ003-004-501-502-VAZ025>031-501-503>505-507-508-WVZ050>053-055- 501>506-022230- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150203T0500Z/ WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH- FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NORTHERN FAUQUIER- WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-WESTERN LOUDOUN- NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN- BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-WESTERN PENDLETON- EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK...FROSTBURG... CUMBERLAND...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...WINCHESTER... FRONT ROYAL...WARRENTON...HIGHTOWN...MONTEREY...PURCELLVILLE... BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN... MOOREFIELD...BAYARD...MOUNT STORM...PETERSBURG...ELK GARDEN... KEYSER...FORT ASHBY...CIRCLEVILLE...FRANKLIN 925 AM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL JUST PAST SUNSET. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS THE RIDGE TOPS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND TAKE CARE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
788 WWUS71 KLWX 021957 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 257 PM EST MON FEB 2 2015 DCZ001-MDZ005-006-011-013-014-016>018-503>508-VAZ036>040-050>057- 502-506-030400- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150203T0500Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE- SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT-NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY- NORTHWEST HOWARD-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD-NORTHWEST HARFORD- SOUTHEAST HARFORD-NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK- ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-EASTERN LOUDOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...WESTMINSTER...PARKTON... REISTERSTOWN...COCKEYSVILLE...BALTIMORE...DUNDALK...CATONSVILLE... ANNAPOLIS...WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY...GERMANTOWN...DAMASCUS... ROCKVILLE...LISBON...COLUMBIA...ELLICOTT CITY...JARRETTSVILLE... ABERDEEN...CHARLOTTESVILLE...CULPEPER...MANASSAS... MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX...ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH... FREDERICKSBURG...LEESBURG...ASHBURN 257 PM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND TAKE CARE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ MDZ003-004-501-502-VAZ025>031-501-503>505-507-508-WVZ050>053-055- 501>506-030400- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150203T0500Z/ WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY- CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY-AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH- FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-NORTHERN FAUQUIER- WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-WESTERN LOUDOUN- NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN- BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-WESTERN PENDLETON- EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK...FROSTBURG... CUMBERLAND...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...WINCHESTER... FRONT ROYAL...WARRENTON...HIGHTOWN...MONTEREY...PURCELLVILLE... BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN... MOOREFIELD...BAYARD...MOUNT STORM...PETERSBURG...ELK GARDEN... KEYSER...FORT ASHBY...CIRCLEVILLE...FRANKLIN 257 PM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND TAKE CARE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
273 WWUS71 KLWX 030207 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 907 PM EST MON FEB 2 2015 MDZ003-501-502-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-056-503-504-WVZ050>053- 055-501>506-030315- /O.CAN.KLWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150203T0500Z/ WASHINGTON-EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-ORANGE-CULPEPER- SPOTSYLVANIA-WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN- BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-WESTERN PENDLETON- EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HAGERSTOWN...FROSTBURG...CUMBERLAND... STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG...WINCHESTER...FRONT ROYAL... CHARLOTTESVILLE...WASHINGTON...CULPEPER...FREDERICKSBURG... HIGHTOWN...MONTEREY...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN...MOOREFIELD... BAYARD...MOUNT STORM...PETERSBURG...ELK GARDEN...KEYSER... FORT ASHBY...CIRCLEVILLE...FRANKLIN 907 PM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$ DCZ001-MDZ005-006-011-013-014-016>018-503>508-VAZ052>055-057-502- 506-030500- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150203T0500Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE- SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT-NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY- NORTHWEST HOWARD-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD-NORTHWEST HARFORD- SOUTHEAST HARFORD-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-KING GEORGE- SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-EASTERN LOUDOUN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...WESTMINSTER...PARKTON... REISTERSTOWN...COCKEYSVILLE...BALTIMORE...DUNDALK...CATONSVILLE... ANNAPOLIS...WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY...GERMANTOWN...DAMASCUS... ROCKVILLE...LISBON...COLUMBIA...ELLICOTT CITY...JARRETTSVILLE... ABERDEEN...MANASSAS...MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX...ALEXANDRIA... FALLS CHURCH...LEESBURG...ASHBURN 907 PM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL LINGER INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND TAKE CARE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$ MDZ004-VAZ501-505-507-508-030500- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150203T0500Z/ FREDERICK MD-NORTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN LOUDOUN- NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREDERICK...WARRENTON...PURCELLVILLE... BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN 907 PM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS MAINLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1500 FT...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WIND GUSTS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. SECURE OUTDOOR FURNITURE AND TAKE CARE DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
092 WWUS71 KLWX 030258 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 958 PM EST MON FEB 2 2015 DCZ001-MDZ004>006-011-013-014-016>018-503>508-VAZ052>055-057-501- 502-505>508-030400- /O.CAN.KLWX.WI.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-150203T0500Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE- SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS- CALVERT-NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY- NORTHWEST HOWARD-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD-NORTHWEST HARFORD- SOUTHEAST HARFORD-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-KING GEORGE- NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN LOUDOUN- EASTERN LOUDOUN-NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...FREDERICK...WESTMINSTER... PARKTON...REISTERSTOWN...COCKEYSVILLE...BALTIMORE...DUNDALK... CATONSVILLE...ANNAPOLIS...WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY...GERMANTOWN... DAMASCUS...ROCKVILLE...LISBON...COLUMBIA...ELLICOTT CITY... JARRETTSVILLE...ABERDEEN...MANASSAS...MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX... ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH...WARRENTON...PURCELLVILLE...LEESBURG... ASHBURN...BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN 958 PM EST MON FEB 2 2015 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at Feb 1, 9:25 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 1, 9:25 PM EST, 1 hour 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
925 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015
.SYNOPSIS...
LOW PRESSURE OVER THE MIDWEST MOVES ALONG THE MASON-DIXON LINE
LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS THROUGH
TUESDAY...THEN A COLD FRONT ENTERS THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
&&
.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ADDITION OF WRN PORTIONS OF GRANT/
PENDLETON/HIGHLAND COUNTIES FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW OVER 3000 FT AND
AN EXPECTED CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.
AS OF 02Z...1001MB SFC LOW ON IN/OH BORDER...ON TRACK TO MOVE
ALONG THE MASON-DIXON LINE LATE TONIGHT TO MID-MORNING MONDAY.
AFTER A COUPLE INITIAL WAVES OF MAINLY RAIN/SLEET OVER THE AREA IN
THE AFTERNOON...A LARGER SWATH OF PRECIP IS CROSSING THE
AREA...PARTICULARLY OVER THE SRN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. THE COLUMN
IS SLOWLY MOISTENING WITH RAIN AT EZF...THE FIRST FEW SNOW FLAKES
LAZILY FALLING AT LWX AND SLEET AT CJR. FARTHER WEST IS SNOW WITH
GENERALLY LESS THAN HALF INCH ACCUMULATION AND ABOVE NORMAL
TEMPERATURES IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY...TWO INCHES REPORTED IN
EXTREME SW PENDLETON.
WARM NOSE IS SPREADING NORTH FROM SRN VA. SOUTH WINDS OF 10 TO 15
KT ON RIDGE LINES SHOULD ALLOW TEMPS TO RISE ABOVE FREEZING OVER
THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS. SNOW WILL CHANGE TO SLEET AND RAIN BEFORE
ALL RAIN FOR MOST OF THE CWA. WILL NEED TO WATCH FOR A BRIEF
FREEZING RAIN BOUT...BUT THE SLY FLOW IS STRONG AND WILL BE
ADVECTION 4 TO 5C 850MB TEMPS SOON. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
HOLDING TIGHT FOR NRN TWO TIERS OF COUNTIES UNTIL 8AM. WINTRY MIX
UP THERE CHANGING OVER TO FREEZING RAIN. HOWEVER...THE SLY FLOW
WILL ONLY AIDE THE SELF DEFEATING PROCESS OF FREEZING RAIN
(FREEZING IS EXOTHERMIC). MIN TEMPS ABOUT NOW FOR SWRN AREAS THAT
HAVE ALREADY WETBULBED...LATER THROUGH THE NIGHT NE FROM THERE.
&&
.SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH 6 PM MONDAY/...
CD FNT MOVES THRU THE AREA MON MRNG. PRECIP WILL TAPER OFF QUICKLY
EAST OF THE ALLEGHENIES...SO THE STORY OF THE DAY WL PRBLY BE
WIND - STRNG PRES GRAD DVLPG MON AFTN. A WIND ADVISORY IS EXPECTED
FOR THE HIGHER ELEVS AND AT LEAST THE NRN PART OF THE FCST AREA.
WE'LL LV THAT FOR LATER SHIFTS TO PONDER. IT IS MENTIONED IN THE
HWO.
MDLS HV A WIDE RANGE OF HIGH FCSTD FOR MON - MET AND EURO
COLDER...GFS HAS MANY SITES INTO THE 50S. AS OMUCH TIME HAS SPENT
ON THE TDA/TNGT FCST LTL HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO THIS. WE HV
AFTN TEMPS RANGING FM THE M30S IN WRN MD TO A50 IN LWR SRN MD.
&&
.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/...
BY MONDAY EVENING...LOW PRESSURE WILL BE LOCATED NEAR CAPE COD
WITH HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE MS VALLEY. PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL
STILL BE STRONG SO GUSTS ABOVE 30 MPH WILL LINGER INTO THE
EVENING...BUT BE ON AN OVERALL DIMINISHING TREND OVERNIGHT. UNDER
THE PROGRESSIVE UPPER FLOW...THE HIGH WILL BE BUILDING QUICKLY
FROM THE WEST. ANY LINGERING UPSLOPE SNOW SHOWERS WILL END DURING
THE EVENING WITH LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION. KEPT LOW TEMPERATURES
ON THE COOLER SIDE OF GUIDANCE AS ARCTIC AIR RUSHES IN...GENERALLY
IN THE TEENS WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.
THE SFC HIGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY AND OFFSHORE
TUESDAY NIGHT. A MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL INCREASE CLOUDS TUESDAY
MORNING BUT BELOW THAT A DRY ATMOSPHERE WILL BE IN PLACE. RETURN
FLOW DOES NOT COMMENCE UNTIL LATE...SO HIGHS WILL STILL BE CHILLY
RANGING FROM UPPER 20S NORTH TO NEAR 40 SOUTH.
A WEAK AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...BUT THINK MOISTURE WILL REMAIN WELL NW OF THE
AREA. SOME CLOUDS WILL INCREASE THOUGH...WITH LOW TEMPERATURES NOT
QUITE AS COLD.
A COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS
ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT...MAINLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN THE WESTERN
THIRD OF THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSE TO NORMAL.
THE CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW OR SNOW SHOWERS LINGERS THURSDAY...MAINLY
ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE REGION. THE GFS MODEL IS FASTER
THAN THE EURO MODEL WITH MOVING THE FRONT EASTWARD. WE TOOK AN
AVERAGE OF THE TWO MODELS BUT THEN LEANED SLIGHTLY TOWARD THE SLOWER
OF THE MODELS SINCE MOST OF THE ENERGY WILL BE MOVING NORTH AND THE
TROUGH AXIS IS POSITIVELY TILTED. TEMPERATURES THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT WILL BE ABOUT 15 TO 20 DEGREES COLDER THAN WEDNESDAY WITH A
COLD DOME OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING BEHIND THE FRONT.
HIGH PRESSURE WILL REMAIN IN CONTROL FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT...ALLOWING FOR DRY CONDITIONS AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES.
A COLD FRONT TRIES TO SLIDE SOUTHWARD TOWARD THE REGION SATURDAY BUT
MAY NOT MAKE IT UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT. SATURDAY SHOULD REMAIN DRY AND
TEMPERATURES SHOULD NOT BE AS COLD AS WE MAY LOOK AT HIGH
TEMPERATURES REACHING NEAR 40 IN THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS.
&&
.AVIATION /02Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
CIGS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THIS EVE..EVENTUALLY INTO IFR CAT. ON
MON STRONG NWRLY WINDS WL BE PSBL DURG THE AFTN.
VFR CONDITIONS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. STRONG NW WINDS
WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH MONDAY NIGHT...BECOMING LIGHT SOUTHERLY LATE
TUESDAY.
VFR CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY. WINDS S TO SW 5 TO 10 KNOTS. VFR TO MVFR
CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH EXCEPTION TO ANY BRIEF SNOW SHOWERS
AT THE TERMINALS WHERE THERE COULD BE BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS. WINDS SW
VEERING NW AND INCREASING 10 TO 20 KNOTS WITH GUSTS TO 30 KNOTS.
VFR OR MVFR CONDITIONS THURSDAY WITH EXCEPTION TO BRIEF SNOW SHOWERS
WHERE IFR CONDITIONS COULD BE BRIEF. WINDS NW TO N 10 TO 20 KNOTS
GUSTING 25 KNOTS THEN DIMINISHING LATE.
&&
.MARINE...
SCA FOR SELY FLOW GUSTING TO AROUND 20 KT FOR SRN MD
WATERS...EXPANDING TO MOST WATERS FOR THE MORNING...THEN GALE
WARNING FOR THE AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.
A DIMINISHING TREND WILL TAKE PLACE MONDAY NIGHT...SCA CONDITIONS
MAY LINGER INTO EARLY TUESDAY MORNING OVER PORTIONS OF THE WATERS.
WITH SOME UNCERTAINTY ON HOW QUICKLY WINDS DIMINISH...WILL NOT
POST A SCA ON THE BACK END OF THE GALE WARNING AT THIS TIME.
SOUTHERLY WINDS DEVELOP BY LATE TUESDAY...BUT ARE FORECAST TO
REMAIN AROUND 15 KT OR LESS.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY. NO MARINE HAZARDS
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORIES LIKELY THURSDAY.
&&
.LWX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
DC...NONE.
MD...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EST MONDAY FOR MDZ003>006-
501>503-505-507-508.
VA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EST MONDAY FOR VAZ503.
WV...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 8 AM EST MONDAY FOR WVZ050>053-
501-503>505.
MARINE...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON EST MONDAY
FOR ANZ531-532-536-539>541.
GALE WARNING FROM NOON MONDAY TO 1 AM EST TUESDAY FOR
ANZ530>543.
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY UNTIL NOON EST MONDAY FOR ANZ533-534-537-
542-543.
&&
UPDATE...JACKSON
PREVIOUS...WOODY!/ADSHazardous weather outlook, Feb 1, 8:41 PM EST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 841 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015 ANZ530>543-DCZ001-MDZ011-013-014-016>018-508-VAZ052>057-021445- CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD- CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD- TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA- PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR- CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD-EASTERN BAY- CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER- PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD- TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH ISLAND-DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES- ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-SOUTHEAST HARFORD- PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA- KING GEORGE- 841 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER...AND ADJACENT COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MARYLAND AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN SUBURBS OF BALTIMORE. PLEASE REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MESSAGE /WBCWSWLWX/ FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR THE NORTHERN AND NORTHWEST SUBURBS OF BALTIMORE. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A GALE WARNING IS IN EFFECT MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE MARYLAND PORTION OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY AND TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. MDZ003>006-501>507-VAZ025>031-036>040-050-051-501>508-WVZ050>053- 055-501>506-021445- WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-NORTHERN BALTIMORE- EXTREME WESTERN ALLEGANY-CENTRAL AND EASTERN ALLEGANY- NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY- NORTHWEST HOWARD-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD-NORTHWEST HARFORD- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-ORANGE-CULPEPER- NORTHERN FAUQUIER-SOUTHERN FAUQUIER-WESTERN HIGHLAND- EASTERN HIGHLAND-WESTERN LOUDOUN-EASTERN LOUDOUN- NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN- BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN MINERAL-EASTERN MINERAL-WESTERN PENDLETON- EASTERN PENDLETON- 841 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA... NORTHERN AND CENTRAL VIRGINIA...AND CENTRAL AND WESTERN MARYLAND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GARRETT COUNTY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL MARYLAND AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN RIDGES. PLEASE REFER TO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MESSAGE /WBCWSWLWX/ FOR MORE DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES INTO MONDAY MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 1, 9:08 PM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 908 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015 VAZ025>031-504-507-508-WVZ055-502-506-020500- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VA BLUE RIDGE- HARDY-EASTERN GRANT-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...HARRISONBURG... WINCHESTER...FRONT ROYAL...MONTEREY...BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN... MOOREFIELD...PETERSBURG...FRANKLIN 908 PM EST SUN FEB 1 2015 ...POTENTIAL FOR SLIPPERY CONDITIONS DUE TO SNOW THIS EVENING... SNOW...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING FROM THE BLUE RIDGE WESTWARD TO THE ALLEGHENY FRONT. THIS INCLUDES THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF VIRGINIA. SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO AROUND 1 MILE AT TIMES. WHILE THE SNOW WILL BE LIGHT...IT MAY BE ENOUGH TO CAUSE A MINOR ACCUMULATION OF ONE HALF OF AN INCH TO ONE INCH THIS EVENING PARTICULARLY AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FEET. WATCH OUT FOR SLICK SPOTS THIS EVENING DUE TO THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION. PRECIPITATION WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO RAIN BY MIDNIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 10:48 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 87 min | |
| Feb 2, 3:32 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 19 hr |
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Sources
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