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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Baltimore/Washington

March 11, 202211 counties in Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this blizzard warning at Mar 11, 2022, 9:10 PM EST for 11 counties in Virginia. It took effect at Mar 12, 2022, 3:00 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
Mar 11, 2022, 9:10 PM EST (02:10 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 12, 2022, 3:00 AM EST
Expired
Mar 12, 2022, 3:00 PM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington

Counties Albemarle County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Greene County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Warren County, VA

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 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 blizzard 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 blizzard warning went out at Mar 11, 4:35 PM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 4:35 PM EST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 4:56 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningLWX2 hr
Mar 12, 5:56 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningLWX2 hr
Mar 12, 6:35 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningLWX115 min
Mar 12, 6:50 AM ESTSpecial Marine WarningLWX115 min
Mar 12, 3:56 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 6 more16 hr

Nearby

Blizzard Warnings in Virginia, 2022Every blizzard warning in 2022

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.