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Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Baltimore/Washington
NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this winter storm warning at Dec 13, 2020, 2:25 PM EST for 7 counties in Virginia; Grant County, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It took effect at Dec 14, 2020, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 12 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
- Dec 13, 2020, 2:25 PM EST (19:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 14, 2020, 1:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Dec 14, 2020, 1:24 PM EST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Baltimore/Washington
Counties Greene County, VA, Highland County, VA, Madison County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Warren County, VA, Grant County, WV, Pendleton County, WV
The radar
The Sterling radar (KLWX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:26 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 Dec 13, 9:30 AM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 13, 9:30 AM EST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 3:48 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 13 hr | |
| Dec 13, 3:52 AM EST | Winter Storm Watch | LWX | Highland | 11 hr |
| Dec 13, 1:36 PM EST | Small Craft Advisory | LWX | 46 hr | |
| Dec 13, 2:25 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | LWX | Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Highland and 6 more | 23 hr |
Nearby
Winter Storm Warnings in Virginia, 2020Winter Storm Warnings in West Virginia, 2020Every winter storm 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.