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Wind Advisory 5, NWS Baltimore/Washington

February 20, 2026Highland County, Virginia; Allegany County, Garrett County, Maryland; Grant County, Mineral County, Pendleton County, West Virginia

NWS Baltimore/Washington issued this wind advisory at Feb 20, 2026, 6:44 AM EST for Highland County, Virginia; Allegany County, Garrett County, Maryland; Grant County, Mineral County, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It took effect at Feb 20, 2026, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2026, 6:44 AM EST (11:44 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 20, 2026, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 21, 2026, 1:00 AM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Baltimore/Washington

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

The radar

The Sterling radar (KLWX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:43 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2026-02-20Temperature 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2026-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 160 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
231 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 19, 10:13 PM ESTMarine Dense Fog AdvisoryLWX9 hr
Feb 20, 12:04 PM ESTWinter Storm WatchLWXAlbemarle, Amherst, Arlington, Augusta, Fairfax, Fauquier and 17 more27 hr
Feb 20, 12:08 PM ESTGale WatchLWX24 hr
Feb 20, 6:45 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryLWX6 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.