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Gale Warning 8, NWS Baltimore/Washington

April 11, 2020

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Apr 11, 2020, 3:15 PM EDT. It took effect at Apr 13, 2020, 1:19 AM EDT. It was in force for 17 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 11, 2020, 3:15 PM EDT (19:15 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 13, 2020, 1:19 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 13, 2020, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 17 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 11, 3:01 PM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 3:01 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 8:45 AM EDT, 6 hours 30 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
Apr 10, 9:17 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		21 hr
Apr 11, 3:15 PM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		34 hr

Nearby

Gale Warnings in Virginia, 2020 Every gale warning in 2020

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.