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Gale Warning 32, NWS Baltimore/Washington

December 21, 2018

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Dec 21, 2018, 2:38 PM EST. It took effect at Dec 21, 2018, 6:36 PM EST. It was in force for 15 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: Dec 21, 2018, 2:38 PM EST (19:38 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2018, 6:36 PM EST
Expired: Dec 22, 2018, 9:30 AM EST
In force: 15 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 Dec 21, 10:05 AM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 10:05 AM EST, 4 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 9:37 AM EST, 5 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 21, 8:42 AM EST, 5 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 21, 8:50 AM EST, 5 hours 48 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
Dec 20, 8:27 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Augusta, Nelson, City of Charlottesville, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro	13 hr
Dec 20, 11:58 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Culpeper, Greene, Madison, Orange, Page, Rappahannock and 2 more	12 hr
Dec 21, 4:07 AM EST	Wind Advisory	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 9 more	30 hr
Dec 21, 4:09 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Highland	29 hr
Dec 21, 4:32 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Warren	13 hr
Dec 21, 4:35 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Page	6 hr
Dec 21, 4:37 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Rockingham	6 hr
Dec 21, 11:33 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Augusta, Rockingham	7 hr
Dec 21, 3:16 PM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		119 min
Dec 21, 4:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, City of Fairfax, City of Manassas, City of Manassas Park	45 min
Dec 21, 2:17 AM EST	Coastal Flood Warning	LWX	Anne Arundel, Saint Mary's	25 hr
Dec 21, 3:37 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Baltimore, Harford	5 hr
Dec 21, 1:48 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Anne Arundel, Saint Mary's	13 hr
Dec 21, 3:51 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Howard, Montgomery	24 min
Dec 21, 4:29 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Montgomery	46 min
Dec 21, 4:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Baltimore, Carroll, Harford	45 min
Dec 21, 5:01 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LWX	Carroll, Frederick, Howard	29 min

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.