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Wind Advisory 7, NWS Baltimore/Washington

February 15, 2024Highland County, Virginia; Allegany County, Maryland; Grant County, Mineral County, Pendleton County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this wind advisory at Feb 15, 2024, 6:49 PM EST for Highland County, Virginia; Allegany County, Maryland; Grant County, Mineral County, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 15, 2024, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 2024, 6:49 PM EST (23:49 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 15, 2024, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 16, 2024, 6:00 AM EST
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington

Counties Allegany County, MD, Highland County, VA, Grant County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Pendleton County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 152 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2024-02-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Washington/Dulle, VA at 12:00Z on 2024-02-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1317 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 3:08 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX34 hr
Feb 15, 9:46 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Augusta, Clarke, Fauquier, Frederick and 16 more24 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.