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Gale Warning 20, NWS Baltimore/Washington

April 7, 2016

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Apr 7, 2016, 4:23 PM 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: Apr 7, 2016, 4:23 PM EDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 7, 2016, 10:10 PM EDT
In force: 6 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 Apr 7, 3:27 PM EDT, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 3:27 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 3:56 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 11:23 AM EDT, 5 hours before

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 12:48 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1248 PM EDT THU APR 07 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1109 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ENE HIGHLANDTOWN      39.30N  76.53W
04/07/2016                   BALTIMORE          MD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOF DAMAGE TO A TRUCK BUSINESS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX1603699

STRONG

Local storm report, Apr 7, 1:15 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
115 PM EDT THU APR 07 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1109 AM     TSTM WND DMG     1 ENE HIGHLANDTOWN      39.30N  76.53W
04/07/2016                   BALTIMORE          MD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROOFING MATERIAL STRIPPED FROM ROOF OF A BUSINESS AND
            THROWN ONTO A CAR DEARSHIP AND NORTH PT BLVD.

&&

CORRECTED REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER LWX1603699

STRONG

Local storm report, Apr 7, 2:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
227 PM EDT THU APR 07 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1005 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SSE LA PLATA          38.50N  76.94W
04/07/2016                   CHARLES            MD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ONE TREE SNAPPED.

&&

CORRECTED REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER LWX1603698

STRONG

Local storm report, Apr 7, 2:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
229 PM EDT THU APR 07 2016

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0954 AM     TSTM WND DMG     POTOMAC HEIGHTS         38.61N  77.12W
04/07/2016                   CHARLES            MD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREE UPROOTED INTO HOME. LARGE BRANCH SNAPPED OFF TOO.
            SOME ADDITIONAL SHINGLE DAMAGE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX1603700

STRONG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 7, 4:11 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		12 hr
Apr 7, 9:54 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		81 min
Apr 7, 10:18 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		87 min
Apr 7, 11:22 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		83 min
Apr 7, 3:59 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		91 min
Apr 7, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		66 min
Apr 7, 4:23 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		26 hr
Apr 7, 5:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fairfax, City of Alexandria	45 min
Apr 7, 6:05 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Culpeper, King George, Orange, Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg	25 min
Apr 7, 6:50 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Highland	14 hr
Apr 7, 10:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LWX	Saint Mary's	57 min
Apr 7, 10:33 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Calvert, Montgomery, Prince George's	41 min
Apr 7, 10:44 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Harford, Howard, Prince George's, City of Baltimore	61 min
Apr 7, 4:39 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Anne Arundel	3 hr
Apr 7, 5:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Baltimore, Carroll, Harford	41 min
Apr 7, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Calvert, Prince George's	30 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.