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Small Craft Advisory 169, NWS Baltimore/Washington

August 17, 2021

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this small craft advisory at Aug 17, 2021, 1:18 PM EDT. It took effect at Aug 17, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 17, 2021, 1:18 PM EDT (17:18 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 17, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired: Aug 18, 2021, 10:21 PM EDT
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this small craft advisory 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 small craft advisory went out at Aug 17, 9:38 AM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 9:38 AM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 9:02 AM EDT, 4 hours 16 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
Aug 16, 8:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Nelson	7 hr
Aug 16, 8:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Rappahannock	6 hr
Aug 16, 9:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	LWX	Nelson	3 hr
Aug 16, 9:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	LWX	Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Rappahannock	3 hr
Aug 16, 11:32 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax	3 hr
Aug 16, 11:47 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		88 min
Aug 17, 12:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Loudoun	4 hr
Aug 17, 1:10 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		50 min
Aug 17, 1:59 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		86 min
Aug 17, 2:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax	4 hr
Aug 17, 2:20 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		65 min
Aug 17, 8:07 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		83 min
Aug 17, 8:34 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		5 hr
Aug 17, 8:50 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		115 min
Aug 17, 9:31 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		85 min
Aug 17, 1:54 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 26 more	27 hr
Aug 17, 6:10 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	LWX		70 min
Aug 16, 8:47 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	LWX	Washington	2 hr
Aug 16, 9:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	LWX	Allegany	2 hr
Aug 17, 12:39 AM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Anne Arundel	100 min
Aug 17, 8:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Cecil, Harford, City of Baltimore	9 hr
Aug 17, 6:40 PM EDT	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Anne Arundel, Baltimore, City of Baltimore	11 hr

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Sources

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