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Gale Warning 15, NWS Baltimore/Washington

April 14, 2018

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Apr 14, 2018, 10:16 PM EDT. It took effect at Apr 15, 2018, 7:02 PM EDT. 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: Apr 14, 2018, 10:16 PM EDT (02:16 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 15, 2018, 7:02 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 16, 2018, 5:25 AM EDT
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 Apr 14, 9:45 PM EDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 9:45 PM EDT, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 9:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 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 15, 2:18 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		4 hr
Apr 15, 2:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 10 more	13 hr
Apr 15, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Augusta, Nelson, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro	65 min
Apr 15, 7:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	LWX	Augusta, Nelson	46 min
Apr 15, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, Rockingham, City of Charlottesville, City of Waynesboro	58 min

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2018 Every gale 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.