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Gale Warning 19, NWS Baltimore/Washington

July 21, 2018

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Jul 21, 2018, 9:39 AM EDT. It took effect at Jul 21, 2018, 11:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 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: Jul 21, 2018, 9:39 AM EDT (13:39 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 21, 2018, 11:00 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 21, 2018, 10:10 PM EDT
In force: 11 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 Jul 21, 5:09 AM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 5:09 AM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 5:20 AM EDT, 4 hours 19 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
Jul 21, 2:46 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Arlington, King George, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church	4 days
Jul 21, 5:05 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Loudoun, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 2 more	21 hr
Jul 21, 2:44 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		4 days
Jul 21, 2:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg	6 hr
Jul 21, 4:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park	27 hr
Jul 21, 5:14 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Fauquier	18 hr
Jul 21, 5:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Arlington, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church	23 hr
Jul 21, 5:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	King George	27 hr
Jul 21, 6:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Loudoun	38 hr
Jul 21, 7:23 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Fairfax, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Manassas Park	3 hr
Jul 21, 7:36 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LWX	Charles	3 hr

Nearby

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Sources

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