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Gale Warning 5, NWS Baltimore/Washington

January 29, 2018

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Jan 29, 2018, 3:43 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 30, 2018, 6:00 AM 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: Jan 29, 2018, 3:43 AM EST (08:43 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 30, 2018, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 30, 2018, 8:31 PM 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 Jan 29, 3:41 AM EST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 3:41 AM EST, 2 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 29, 3:47 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Highland	32 hr

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.