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Small Craft Advisory 43, NWS Baltimore/Washington

February 17, 2021

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this small craft advisory at Feb 17, 2021, 5:45 AM EST. It took effect at Feb 18, 2021, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2021, 5:45 AM EST (10:45 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 18, 2021, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 21, 2021, 12:00 PM EST
In force: 3 days
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 Feb 17, 4:03 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 4:03 AM EST, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 5:01 AM EST, 44 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
Feb 17, 3:24 AM EST	Winter Storm Warning	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 27 more	57 hr
Feb 17, 9:56 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Calvert, Saint Mary's	27 hr

Nearby

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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.