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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Baltimore/Washington

February 6, 202629 counties in Virginia; 16 counties in Maryland; 8 counties in West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this high wind warning at Feb 6, 2026, 1:55 AM EST for 29 counties in Virginia; 16 counties in Maryland; 8 counties in West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 7, 2026, 12:00 AM EST. It was in force for 22 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
Feb 6, 2026, 1:55 AM EST (06:55 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 7, 2026, 12:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 7, 2026, 10:00 PM EST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington
All 53 counties

Allegany County, MD, 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, Garrett County, MD, Harford County, MD, Howard County, MD, Montgomery County, MD, Prince George's County, MD, Saint Mary's County, MD, Washington 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 Harrisonburg, VA, City of Manassas, VA, City of Manassas Park, VA, City of Staunton, VA, City of Waynesboro, VA, City of Winchester, VA, Clarke County, VA, Fairfax County, VA, Fauquier County, VA, Frederick County, VA, Greene County, VA, Highland 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, Shenandoah County, VA, Warren County, VA, Berkeley County, WV, Grant County, WV, Hampshire County, WV, Hardy County, WV, Jefferson County, WV, Mineral County, WV, Morgan County, WV, Pendleton County, WV

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 00:00Z on 2026-02-06Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2026-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Feb 5, 9:14 PM EST, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 9:14 PM EST, 4 hours 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 1:38 AM ESTGale WarningLWX28 hr
Feb 6, 1:38 AM ESTStorm WarningLWX40 hr
Feb 6, 1:38 AM ESTHeavy Freezing Spray WarningLWX52 hr
Feb 6, 1:38 AM ESTHeavy Freezing Spray AdvisoryLWX52 hr
Feb 6, 1:55 AM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryLWXArlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick and 25 more56 hr
Feb 6, 1:55 AM ESTWind AdvisoryLWXCulpeper, Fauquier, Greene, King George, Madison, Nelson and 6 more41 hr
Feb 6, 1:59 PM ESTLow Water AdvisoryLWX47 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in Virginia, 2026High Wind Warnings in Maryland, 2026High Wind Warnings in West Virginia, 2026Every high wind warning in 2026

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.