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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Baltimore/Washington

April 18, 201812 counties in Virginia; Allegany County, Maryland; Grant County, Mineral County, Pendleton County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this wind advisory at Apr 18, 2018, 2:22 PM EDT for 12 counties in Virginia; Allegany County, Maryland; Grant County, Mineral County, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It took effect at Apr 19, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2018, 2:22 PM EDT (18:22 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 19, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 19, 2018, 5:10 PM EDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington

Counties Allegany County, MD, Albemarle County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Warren County, VA, Grant County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Pendleton County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 156 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2018-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Roanoke, VA at 12:00Z on 2018-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 279 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1409 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
279 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 4:24 AM EDTGale WarningLWX42 hr
Apr 18, 4:24 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX13 hr
Apr 18, 4:24 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX24 hr
Apr 18, 6:17 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningLWXLoudoun8 hr
Apr 18, 10:12 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX65 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2018Wind Advisories in West Virginia, 2018Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2018Every wind 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.