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Freeze Warning 2, NWS Baltimore/Washington

April 17, 201820 counties in Virginia; 8 counties in Maryland; Berkeley County, Jefferson County, Morgan County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this freeze warning at Apr 17, 2018, 1:24 PM EDT for 20 counties in Virginia; 8 counties in Maryland; Berkeley County, Jefferson County, Morgan County, West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 18, 2018, 12:00 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: Apr 17, 2018, 1:24 PM EDT (17:24 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 18, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 18, 2018, 8:38 AM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

All 31 counties

Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Washington County, MD, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Culpeper County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Madison County, VA, Orange County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Morgan County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 16, 1:57 PM EDT, 23 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 1:57 PM EDT, 23 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 4:35 PM EDT, 20 hours 49 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
Apr 16, 10:27 PM EDT	River Flood Watch	LWX	Loudoun	11 hr
Apr 17, 4:08 AM EDT	Freeze Watch	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax and 19 more	9 hr
Apr 16, 10:17 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Washington	32 hr
Apr 17, 2:56 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LWX	Morgan	5 hr

Nearby

Freeze Warnings in Virginia, 2018 Freeze Warnings in Maryland, 2018 Freeze Warnings in West Virginia, 2018 Every freeze warning in 2018

Sources

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