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Gale Warning 2, NWS Baltimore/Washington

January 8, 2019

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Jan 8, 2019, 3:25 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 8, 2019, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 50 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 8, 2019, 3:25 AM EST (08:25 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 8, 2019, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 10, 2019, 9:08 PM EST
In force: 50 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 7, 9:35 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 9:35 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 8, 12:28 AM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 7, 9:59 PM EST, 5 hours 26 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 8, 2:18 PM EST	Wind Advisory	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 9 more	22 hr
Jan 8, 2:18 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Highland	47 hr
Jan 7, 9:31 PM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Allegany	3 hr
Jan 8, 3:26 AM EST	Winter Storm Watch	LWX	Grant, Pendleton	11 hr
Jan 8, 2:18 PM EST	Winter Storm Warning	LWX	Grant, Pendleton	27 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2019 Every gale warning in 2019

Sources

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