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Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Baltimore/Washington

December 21, 2020Grant County, Pendleton County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this winter storm warning at Dec 21, 2020, 9:28 AM EST for Grant County, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It took effect at Dec 21, 2020, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 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 21, 2020, 9:28 AM EST (14:28 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2020, 6:00 PM EST
Expired: Dec 22, 2020, 9:00 AM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

Counties Grant County, WV, Pendleton County, WV

The radar

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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 21, 7:47 AM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 7:47 AM EST, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 7:44 AM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 21, 7:41 AM EST, 1 hour 47 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
Dec 21, 4:08 AM EST	Gale Warning	LWX		37 hr
Dec 21, 4:08 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		26 hr
Dec 21, 4:10 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Highland	28 hr
Dec 21, 4:21 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier, Greene, Loudoun, Madison, Orange and 2 more	8 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in West Virginia, 2020 Winter Storm Warnings in Maryland, 2020 Every 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.