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Special Marine Warning 2, NWS Baltimore/Washington

March 1, 2021

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this special marine warning at Mar 1, 2021, 10:36 AM EST. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 1, 2021, 10:36 AM EST (15:36 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2021, 11:30 AM EST
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.0 in
Wind: 34.0 mph

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special marine 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 special marine warning went out at Mar 1, 10:31 AM EST, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 10:31 AM EST, 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 1, 7:39 AM EST, 2 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
739 AM EST MON MAR 01 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     FLOOD            3 SSE ACCIDENT          39.59N  79.30W
03/01/2021                   GARRETT            MD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ACCIDENT BITTINGER ROAD CLOSED AT AIKEN MILLER ROAD DUE
            TO HIGH WATER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX2103696

CPB

Local storm report, Mar 1, 7:42 AM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
742 AM EST MON MAR 01 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     FLASH FLOOD      6 NNW WARNOCKS          39.54N  79.14W
03/01/2021                   GARRETT            MD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SAVAGE RIVER ROAD AT BIG RUN ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
            WATER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX2103697

CPB

Local storm report, Mar 1, 7:44 AM EST, 2 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
744 AM EST MON MAR 01 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     FLOOD            BAYARD                  39.28N  79.36W
03/01/2021                   GARRETT            MD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ALTHOUSE HILL ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX2103698

CPB

Local storm report, Mar 1, 7:47 AM EST, 2 hours 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
747 AM EST MON MAR 01 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     FLOOD            1 WSW OAKLAND           39.40N  79.41W
03/01/2021                   GARRETT            MD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            UNDERWOOD ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX2103699

CPB

Local storm report, Mar 1, 7:50 AM EST, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
750 AM EST MON MAR 01 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     FLOOD            5 SW OAKLAND            39.36N  79.48W
03/01/2021                   GARRETT            MD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SILVER KNOB ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX2103700

CPB

Local storm report, Mar 1, 8:08 AM EST, 2 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
808 AM EST MON MAR 01 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 AM     FLOOD            2 SSW GRANTSVILLE       39.68N  79.17W
03/01/2021                   GARRETT            MD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STATE ROUTE 495 AT MAPLE GROVE ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH
            WATER.

&&

EVENT NUMBER LWX2103701

CPB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Baltimore/Washington issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 7:59 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LWX	Highland	11 hr
Feb 28, 9:09 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 22 more	8 hr
Mar 1, 3:22 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Fairfax, City of Fairfax	23 hr
Mar 1, 3:22 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Loudoun	42 hr
Mar 1, 5:26 AM EST	Wind Advisory	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Loudoun and 7 more	19 hr
Mar 1, 9:27 AM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		30 hr
Mar 1, 10:15 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Loudoun	52 hr
Mar 1, 10:38 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		75 min
Mar 1, 11:13 AM EST	Special Marine Warning	LWX		92 min
Mar 1, 3:45 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LWX	Allegany	7 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.