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Wind Advisory 8, NWS Baltimore/Washington

March 4, 202522 counties in Virginia; 10 counties in Maryland; Grant County, Pendleton County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this wind advisory at Mar 4, 2025, 2:34 AM EST for 22 counties in Virginia; 10 counties in Maryland; Grant County, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It took effect at Mar 4, 2025, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2025, 2:34 AM EST (07:34 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 4, 2025, 8:00 PM EST
Expired
Mar 5, 2025, 2:44 PM EST
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
All 34 counties

Anne Arundel County, MD, Baltimore County, MD, Calvert County, MD, Charles County, MD, City of Baltimore, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Saint Mary'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 Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland County, VA, King George County, VA, Madison County, VA, Nelson County, VA, Page County, VA, Prince William County, VA, Rappahannock County, VA, Rockbridge County, VA, Rockingham County, VA, Stafford County, VA, Warren County, VA, Grant County, WV, Pendleton County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 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

Roanoke, VA (KRNK), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2025-03-04Temperature 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, Roanoke, VA at 00:00Z on 2025-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 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
Mar 4, 6:37 AM ESTGale WarningLWX36 hr
Mar 4, 3:45 PM ESTGale WatchLWX22 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.