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Gale Warning 34, NWS Baltimore/Washington

December 24, 2017

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Dec 24, 2017, 3:06 AM EST. It took effect at Dec 25, 2017, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 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: Dec 24, 2017, 3:06 AM EST (08:06 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 25, 2017, 12:00 AM EST
Expired: Dec 25, 2017, 1:03 PM EST
In force: 13 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 Dec 23, 9:31 PM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 9:31 PM EST, 5 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 9:41 PM EST, 5 hours 25 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
Dec 24, 3:06 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		7 hr
Dec 24, 10:32 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		55 hr
Dec 24, 10:35 AM EST	Wind Advisory	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Fairfax and 20 more	26 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2017 Every gale warning in 2017

Sources

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