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Gale Warning 10, NWS Baltimore/Washington

February 23, 2016

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Feb 23, 2016, 3:42 PM EST. It took effect at Feb 24, 2016, 4:00 PM EST. It was in force for 35 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: Feb 23, 2016, 3:42 PM EST (20:42 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 24, 2016, 4:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 26, 2016, 2:48 AM EST
In force: 35 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Feb 23, 3:22 PM EST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 3:22 PM EST, 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
Feb 23, 4:33 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		35 hr
Feb 23, 3:21 PM EST	Flood Watch	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more	33 hr
Feb 23, 4:23 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		5 hr
Feb 23, 5:34 PM EST	Freezing Rain Advisory	LWX	Highland	16 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2016 Every gale 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.