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Wind Advisory 13, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this wind advisory at Oct 21, 2016, 2:56 PM EDT for 12 counties in Maryland; 26 counties in Virginia; 6 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Oct 21, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 22 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 21, 2016, 2:56 PM EDT (18:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 21, 2016, 6:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Oct 22, 2016, 4:26 PM EDT
- In force
- 22 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
All 44 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, Washington County, MD, Albemarle County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Augusta County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Pendleton County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 52 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
216 WWUS71 KLWX 211856 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 256 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016 VAZ025>027-029-503-504-507-508-WVZ055-501-502-505-506-220300- /O.NEW.KLWX.WI.Y.0013.161021T2200Z-161022T1600Z/ AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-WESTERN HIGHLAND- EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...STUARTS DRAFT... HARRISONBURG...STRASBURG...WOODSTOCK...MOUNT JACKSON... NEW MARKET...LURAY...SHENANDOAH...STANLEY...HIGHTOWN...MONTEREY... BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN...MOOREFIELD...BAYARD...MOUNT STORM... PETERSBURG...RIVERTON...BRANDYWINE...FRANKLIN...OAK FLAT... RUDDLE...SUGAR GROVE 256 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EDT SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EDT SATURDAY. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONGER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS MAY PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING AND THE ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH...MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
5 follow-up statements
685 WWUS71 KLWX 220032 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 832 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016 VAZ025>027-029-503-504-507-508-WVZ055-501-502-505-506-220845- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-161022T1600Z/ AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-WESTERN HIGHLAND- EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...STUARTS DRAFT... HARRISONBURG...STRASBURG...WOODSTOCK...MOUNT JACKSON... NEW MARKET...LURAY...SHENANDOAH...STANLEY...HIGHTOWN...MONTEREY... BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN...MOOREFIELD...BAYARD...MOUNT STORM... PETERSBURG...RIVERTON...BRANDYWINE...FRANKLIN...OAK FLAT... RUDDLE...SUGAR GROVE 832 PM EDT FRI OCT 21 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT SATURDAY... * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME STRONGER THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS MAY PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING AND THE ADVISORY MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH... MAINLY IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS THIS STRONG CAN MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. && $$
575 WWUS71 KLWX 220831 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 431 AM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 VAZ025>027-029-503-504-507-508-WVZ055-501-502-505-506-221600- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-161022T1600Z/ AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-WESTERN HIGHLAND- EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...STUARTS DRAFT... HARRISONBURG...STRASBURG...WOODSTOCK...MOUNT JACKSON... NEW MARKET...LURAY...SHENANDOAH...STANLEY...HIGHTOWN...MONTEREY... BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN...MOOREFIELD...BAYARD...MOUNT STORM... PETERSBURG...RIVERTON...BRANDYWINE...FRANKLIN...OAK FLAT... RUDDLE...SUGAR GROVE 431 AM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... * TIMING...ONGOING. THROUGH THIS MORNING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...MAINLY ALONG THE RIDGES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY OVER MOUNTAIN ROADS. && $$
141 WWUS71 KLWX 221436 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1036 AM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 VAZ025>027-029-503-504-507-508-WVZ055-501-502-505-506-221600- /O.CON.KLWX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-161022T1600Z/ AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-WESTERN HIGHLAND- EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...STUARTS DRAFT... HARRISONBURG...STRASBURG...WOODSTOCK...MOUNT JACKSON... NEW MARKET...LURAY...SHENANDOAH...STANLEY...HIGHTOWN...MONTEREY... BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN...MOOREFIELD...BAYARD...MOUNT STORM... PETERSBURG...RIVERTON...BRANDYWINE...FRANKLIN...OAK FLAT... RUDDLE...SUGAR GROVE 1036 AM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EDT TODAY... * TIMING...ONGOING. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THIS AFTERNOON BUT WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...MAINLY ALONG THE RIDGES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. GUSTS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY OVER MOUNTAIN ROADS. && $$
074 WWUS71 KLWX 221541 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 1141 AM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 DCZ001-MDZ003>006-011-013-014-016-018-503>508-VAZ028-030-031- 052>054-501-505-506-WVZ051>053-222100- /O.EXB.KLWX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-161022T2100Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL- NORTHERN BALTIMORE-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL- CHARLES-CALVERT-NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTGOMERY-NORTHWEST HOWARD- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD-NORTHWEST HARFORD-SOUTHEAST HARFORD- FREDERICK VA-WARREN-CLARKE-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK- FAIRFAX-ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-NORTHERN FAUQUIER- WESTERN LOUDOUN-EASTERN LOUDOUN-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK... BALLENGER CREEK...ELDERSBURG...WESTMINSTER...REISTERSTOWN... COCKEYSVILLE...BALTIMORE...BOWIE...SUITLAND-SILVER HILL... CLINTON...COLLEGE PARK...GREENBELT...LAUREL...CAMP SPRINGS... GLEN BURNIE...ANNAPOLIS...SEVERN...SOUTH GATE...SEVERNA PARK... ARNOLD...ODENTON...ST. CHARLES...WALDORF...CHESAPEAKE BEACH... HUNTINGTOWN...DUNKIRK...NORTH BEACH...LUSBY...PRINCE FREDERICK... GERMANTOWN...DAMASCUS...BETHESDA...ROCKVILLE...GAITHERSBURG... SILVER SPRING...LISBON...COLUMBIA...ELLICOTT CITY... JARRETTSVILLE...ABERDEEN...WINCHESTER...FRONT ROYAL... BERRYVILLE...DALE CITY...MANASSAS...WOODBRIDGE...LAKE RIDGE... MONTCLAIR...RESTON...HERNDON...ANNANDALE...CENTREVILLE... CHANTILLY...MCLEAN...FRANCONIA...ARLINGTON...ALEXANDRIA... WARRENTON...PURCELLVILLE...LEESBURG...ASHBURN...STERLING... PAW PAW...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN...SHEPHERDSTOWN 1141 AM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...ONGOING. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING THIS EVENING. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND ADVISORY MEANS THAT WINDS OF 45 TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT...ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY. && $$ VAZ025>027-029-503-504-507-508-WVZ055-501-502-505-506-222100- /O.EXT.KLWX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-161022T2100Z/ AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-PAGE-WESTERN HIGHLAND- EASTERN HIGHLAND-NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE- CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...STUARTS DRAFT... HARRISONBURG...STRASBURG...WOODSTOCK...MOUNT JACKSON... NEW MARKET...LURAY...SHENANDOAH...STANLEY...HIGHTOWN...MONTEREY... BIG MEADOWS...WINTERGREEN...MOOREFIELD...BAYARD...MOUNT STORM... PETERSBURG...RIVERTON...BRANDYWINE...FRANKLIN...OAK FLAT... RUDDLE...SUGAR GROVE 1141 AM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON... * TIMING...ONGOING. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON BUT WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE LATE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH...MAINLY ALONG THE RIDGES AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS. GUSTS OF 25 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * IMPACTS...SCATTERED TREE AND POWER LINE DAMAGE. DIFFICULTY DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WINDS WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT... ESPECIALLY FOR HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. DRIVE CAUTIOUSLY OVER MOUNTAIN ROADS. && $$
724 WWUS71 KLWX 222026 NPWLWX URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC 426 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 DCZ001-MDZ003>006-011-013-014-016-018-503>508-VAZ025>031-052>054- 501-503>508-WVZ051>053-055-501-502-505-506-222130- /O.CAN.KLWX.WI.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-161022T2100Z/ DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL- NORTHERN BALTIMORE-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL- CHARLES-CALVERT-NORTHWEST MONTGOMERY- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MONTGOMERY-NORTHWEST HOWARD- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HOWARD-NORTHWEST HARFORD-SOUTHEAST HARFORD- AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE- PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX- ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-NORTHERN FAUQUIER- WESTERN HIGHLAND-EASTERN HIGHLAND-WESTERN LOUDOUN-EASTERN LOUDOUN- NORTHERN VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-CENTRAL VIRGINIA BLUE RIDGE-MORGAN- BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-HARDY-WESTERN GRANT-EASTERN GRANT- WESTERN PENDLETON-EASTERN PENDLETON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...HAGERSTOWN...FREDERICK... BALLENGER CREEK...ELDERSBURG...WESTMINSTER...REISTERSTOWN... COCKEYSVILLE...BALTIMORE...BOWIE...SUITLAND-SILVER HILL... CLINTON...COLLEGE PARK...GREENBELT...LAUREL...CAMP SPRINGS... GLEN BURNIE...ANNAPOLIS...SEVERN...SOUTH GATE...SEVERNA PARK... ARNOLD...ODENTON...ST. CHARLES...WALDORF...CHESAPEAKE BEACH... HUNTINGTOWN...DUNKIRK...NORTH BEACH...LUSBY...PRINCE FREDERICK... GERMANTOWN...DAMASCUS...BETHESDA...ROCKVILLE...GAITHERSBURG... SILVER SPRING...LISBON...COLUMBIA...ELLICOTT CITY... JARRETTSVILLE...ABERDEEN...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO... STUARTS DRAFT...HARRISONBURG...STRASBURG...WOODSTOCK... MOUNT JACKSON...NEW MARKET...WINCHESTER...LURAY...SHENANDOAH... STANLEY...FRONT ROYAL...BERRYVILLE...DALE CITY...MANASSAS... WOODBRIDGE...LAKE RIDGE...MONTCLAIR...RESTON...HERNDON... ANNANDALE...CENTREVILLE...CHANTILLY...MCLEAN...FRANCONIA... ARLINGTON...ALEXANDRIA...WARRENTON...HIGHTOWN...MONTEREY... PURCELLVILLE...LEESBURG...ASHBURN...STERLING...BIG MEADOWS... WINTERGREEN...PAW PAW...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN... SHEPHERDSTOWN...MOOREFIELD...BAYARD...MOUNT STORM...PETERSBURG... RIVERTON...BRANDYWINE...FRANKLIN...OAK FLAT...RUDDLE... SUGAR GROVE 426 PM EDT SAT OCT 22 2016 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. IT WILL REMAIN GUSTY WELL INTO TONIGHT WITH NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO AROUND 35 MPH. $$ JACKSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 4:27 AM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | Anne Arundel, Saint Mary's | 7 hr |
| Oct 21, 4:43 PM EDT | Coastal Flood Advisory | LWX | Anne Arundel, Saint Mary's | 8 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:40 AM EDT | Gale Warning | LWX | 46 hr | |
| Oct 21, 1:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 84 min | |
| Oct 21, 1:50 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 115 min | |
| Oct 21, 2:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 2 hr | |
| Oct 21, 2:35 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 115 min | |
| Oct 21, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 118 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2016Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2016Wind Advisories in West Virginia, 2016Every wind advisory 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.