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Gale Warning 8, NWS Baltimore/Washington

February 15, 2017

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Feb 15, 2017, 11:52 AM EST. It was in force for 10 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 15, 2017, 11:52 AM EST (16:52 UTC)
Expired: Feb 15, 2017, 9:33 PM EST
In force: 10 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 15, 10:21 AM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 10:21 AM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 15, 5:01 AM EST, 6 hours 51 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 15, 11:52 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		40 hr
Feb 15, 4:35 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Saint Mary's	3 hr
Feb 15, 12:39 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Grant, Pendleton	21 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.