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Small Craft Advisory 2, NWS Baltimore/Washington

January 3, 2018

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this small craft advisory at Jan 3, 2018, 3:56 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 3, 2018, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2018, 3:56 AM EST (08:56 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 3, 2018, 8:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 4, 2018, 5:37 AM EST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory 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	Gale Warning	LWX		62 hr
Jan 3, 10:06 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		24 hr

Nearby

Small Craft Advisories in Virginia, 2018 Every small craft advisory 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.