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Wind Advisory 19, NWS Baltimore/Washington

November 4, 202512 counties in Virginia; Allegany County, Garrett County, Maryland; 5 counties in West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this wind advisory at Nov 4, 2025, 11:41 AM EST for 12 counties in Virginia; Allegany County, Garrett County, Maryland; 5 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Nov 5, 2025, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 4, 2025, 11:41 AM EST (16:41 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 5, 2025, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Nov 6, 2025, 1:00 AM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington

Counties Allegany County, MD, Garrett County, MD, Albemarle County, VA, Amherst County, VA, Augusta County, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Page County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Warren County, VA, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Pendleton County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2025-11-04Temperature 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 2025-11-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
1828 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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
Nov 4, 11:45 AM ESTGale WatchLWX15 hr
Nov 4, 11:45 AM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX30 hr
Nov 4, 3:24 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX3 hr
Nov 4, 3:25 PM ESTRed Flag WarningLWXAlbemarle, Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Greene, Highland and 10 more27 hr

Nearby

Wind Advisories in Virginia, 2025Wind Advisories in West Virginia, 2025Wind Advisories in Maryland, 2025Every wind advisory in 2025

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.