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Gale Warning 6, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Apr 8, 2020, 2:46 PM EDT. It took effect at Apr 9, 2020, 9:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 11 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
- Apr 8, 2020, 2:46 PM EDT (18:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2020, 9:00 AM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 11 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 Apr 8, 10:22 AM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 10:22 AM EDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 8, 9:41 AM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 7, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 62 min |
| Apr 7, 9:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta | 51 min |
| Apr 7, 10:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, Nelson | 54 min |
| Apr 7, 11:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 58 min | |
| Apr 8, 12:56 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 30 min | |
| Apr 8, 2:20 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 18 hr | |
| Apr 8, 2:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Frederick | 55 min |
| Apr 8, 3:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Clarke, Frederick, Loudoun | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 3:51 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 73 min | |
| Apr 8, 3:58 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 49 min | |
| Apr 8, 4:20 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 85 min | |
| Apr 8, 4:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Arlington, Fairfax, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church | 38 min |
| Apr 8, 4:40 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 56 min | |
| Apr 8, 4:57 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | LWX | 93 min | |
| Apr 8, 5:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Highland | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 5:32 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Augusta, City of Staunton, City of Waynesboro | 43 min |
| Apr 8, 6:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Albemarle, Nelson | 45 min |
| Apr 8, 2:46 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 42 hr | |
| Apr 8, 12:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Harford | 24 min |
| Apr 8, 2:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Allegany | 61 min |
| Apr 8, 3:53 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LWX | Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, Harford, Howard and 1 more | 37 min |
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