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Gale Warning 1, NWS Baltimore/Washington

January 3, 2018

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Jan 3, 2018, 3:56 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 4, 2018, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 41 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: Jan 3, 2018, 3:56 AM EST (08:56 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 4, 2018, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 5, 2018, 6:00 PM EST
In force: 41 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 Jan 3, 3:34 AM EST, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 3:34 AM EST, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 3:42 AM EST, 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 3, 3:38 AM EST, 18 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
Jan 3, 3:34 AM EST	Wind Chill Watch	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 6 more	24 hr
Jan 3, 3:34 AM EST	Wind Chill Advisory	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 6 more	38 hr
Jan 3, 3:34 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, King George, Loudoun, Spotsylvania and 5 more	35 hr
Jan 3, 3:56 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		26 hr
Jan 3, 10:06 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		24 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2018 Every gale warning in 2018

Sources

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