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Gale Warning 16, NWS Baltimore/Washington

March 31, 2016

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Mar 31, 2016, 11:06 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 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 31, 2016, 11:06 AM EDT (15:06 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2016, 8:21 PM EDT
In force: 9 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 Mar 31, 9:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 9:33 AM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 31, 8:33 AM EDT, 2 hours 33 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
Mar 31, 11:06 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		34 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.