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Freeze Warning 9, NWS Baltimore/Washington

October 25, 201612 counties in Virginia; 6 counties in Maryland; 8 counties in West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this freeze warning at Oct 25, 2016, 1:19 PM EDT for 12 counties in Virginia; 6 counties in Maryland; 8 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Oct 26, 2016, 3:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 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: Oct 25, 2016, 1:19 PM EDT (17:19 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 26, 2016, 3:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 26, 2016, 9:00 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

All 26 counties

Allegany County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Washington County, MD, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Highland County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Madison County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Shenandoah 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), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:19 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 freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Oct 24, 4:59 PM EDT, 20 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 4:59 PM EDT, 20 hours 20 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
Oct 25, 1:28 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		17 hr
Oct 25, 1:19 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun, Madison and 14 more	20 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Virginia, 2016 Freeze Warnings in West Virginia, 2016 Freeze Warnings in Maryland, 2016 Every freeze warning 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.