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Blizzard Watch 1, NWS Baltimore/Washington

January 20, 201610 counties in Virginia; 12 counties in Maryland

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this blizzard watch at Jan 20, 2016, 10:13 AM EST for 10 counties in Virginia; 12 counties in Maryland. It took effect at Jan 22, 2016, 12:00 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 20, 2016, 10:13 AM EST (15:13 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 22, 2016, 12:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 21, 2016, 12:09 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

All 22 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, City of Fredericksburg, VA, Fairfax County, VA, King George County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 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 blizzard watch 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 blizzard watch went out at Jan 20, 8:45 AM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 8:45 AM EST, 1 hour 28 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 20, 12:08 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		6 hr
Jan 20, 3:30 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		39 hr
Jan 20, 10:13 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fauquier and 17 more	26 hr
Jan 20, 11:14 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Loudoun, Spotsylvania, Stafford and 4 more	14 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Watches in Maryland, 2016 Blizzard Watches in Virginia, 2016 Every blizzard watch in 2016

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.