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Gale Warning 2, NWS Baltimore/Washington

January 15, 2026

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this gale warning at Jan 15, 2026, 12:02 AM EST. It took effect at Jan 15, 2026, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 6 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
Jan 15, 2026, 12:02 AM EST (05:02 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 15, 2026, 6:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 16, 2026, 12:13 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale warning went out at Jan 14, 9:22 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 9:22 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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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.