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Winter Storm Warning 6, NWS Baltimore/Washington

March 19, 201820 counties in Virginia; 8 counties in Maryland; 8 counties in West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this winter storm warning at Mar 19, 2018, 3:42 PM EDT for 20 counties in Virginia; 8 counties in Maryland; 8 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 20, 2018, 5:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 39 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: Mar 19, 2018, 3:42 PM EDT (19:42 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 20, 2018, 5:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 21, 2018, 8:00 PM EDT
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

All 36 counties

Allegany County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Washington County, MD, Albemarle County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Augusta County, VA, City of Harrisonburg, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Pendleton County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm 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 winter storm warning went out at Mar 19, 10:44 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 10:44 AM EDT, 4 hours 58 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
Mar 18, 8:49 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		6 days
Mar 19, 4:30 AM EDT	Gale Warning	LWX		36 hr
Mar 19, 12:06 PM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Fairfax and 20 more	25 hr
Mar 19, 3:42 PM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Greene and 14 more	28 hr
Mar 19, 7:39 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		5 days

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2018 Winter Storm Warnings in Maryland, 2018 Winter Storm Warnings in West Virginia, 2018 Every winter storm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.