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Winter Storm Warning 8, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this winter storm warning at Mar 1, 2015, 3:42 AM EST for 8 counties in Virginia; 12 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Mar 1, 2015, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 15 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 1, 2015, 3:42 AM EST (08:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2015, 7:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2015, 9:57 PM EST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
Counties 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, Arlington County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, Fairfax County, VA, King George County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Stafford County, VA
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Feb 28, 9:31 PM EST, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 9:31 PM EST, 6 hours 11 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 4:22 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 38 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Maryland, 2015Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2015Every winter storm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.