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Wind Advisory 1, NWS Baltimore/Washington

January 8, 202426 counties in Virginia; 12 counties in Maryland; Grant County, Pendleton County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this wind advisory at Jan 8, 2024, 3:48 AM EST for 26 counties in Virginia; 12 counties in Maryland; Grant County, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It took effect at Jan 9, 2024, 7:00 AM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 8, 2024, 3:48 AM EST (08:48 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 9, 2024, 7:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 9, 2024, 9:09 PM EST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Baltimore/Washington

All 40 counties

Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Carroll County, MD, Cecil County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Frederick County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Albemarle County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Arlington County, VA, Augusta County, VA, City of Alexandria, VA, City of Fairfax, VA, City of Falls Church, VA, City of Fredericksburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland County, VA, King George County, VA, Loudoun County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Page County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Spotsylvania County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA, Grant County, WV, Pendleton County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 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 wind 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 wind advisory went out at Jan 7, 8:58 PM EST, 6 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 7, 8:58 PM EST, 6 hours 50 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
Jan 7, 10:00 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		11 hr
Jan 8, 1:57 AM EST	Flood Watch	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Clarke, Culpeper and 30 more	44 hr
Jan 8, 3:52 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	LWX	Albemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Greene, Highland, Madison and 10 more	36 hr
Jan 8, 10:30 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Spotsylvania, Stafford, City of Fredericksburg	34 hr
Jan 8, 10:46 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Culpeper, Fauquier	24 hr
Jan 8, 2:33 PM EST	High Wind Warning	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 4 more	31 hr
Jan 8, 2:40 PM EST	Gale Warning	LWX		22 hr
Jan 8, 2:40 PM EST	Small Craft Advisory	LWX		21 hr
Jan 8, 2:40 PM EST	Storm Warning	LWX		31 hr
Jan 8, 3:41 PM EST	Coastal Flood Warning	LWX	Arlington, Fairfax, King George, Prince William, Stafford, City of Alexandria and 4 more	47 hr
Jan 8, 3:41 PM EST	Coastal Flood Advisory	LWX	Arlington, King George, City of Alexandria, City of Falls Church	30 hr
Jan 8, 3:48 AM EST	High Wind Watch	LWX	Saint Mary's	11 hr
Jan 8, 10:32 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Washington	31 hr
Jan 8, 10:36 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Washington	21 days
Jan 8, 10:39 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Frederick	31 hr
Jan 8, 10:44 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Montgomery	31 hr
Jan 8, 10:41 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Morgan	23 hr
Jan 8, 10:51 AM EST	River Flood Watch	LWX	Berkeley, Jefferson	31 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2024 Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2024 Wind Advisories in West Virginia, 2024 Every wind advisory in 2024

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.