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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
857 PM EDT THU JUN 11 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA...
TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH
ISLAND...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.
* AT 857 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM MATAPEAKE TO FLAG HARBOR TO NEAR WESTMORELAND STATE
PARK, MOVING EAST AT 45 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...BOATERS IN SMALL CRAFT COULD BE THROWN OVERBOARD BY
SUDDENLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES CAPSIZING THEIR VESSEL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRETON BAY, HOOPER ISLAND LIGHT, MAGOTHY RIVER, SOUTHWEST MIDDLE
GROUNDS, DEAL ISLAND, CUCKOLD CREEK, GREENBURY POINT, EWELL,
COLTONS POINT, HIGHLAND BEACH, POINT NO POINT, THOMAS POINT LIGHT,
CALVERT CLIFFS, THE TARGETS, RICHLAND POINT BUOY, GREENWELL STATE
PARK, PINEHURST, SAINT LEONARD CREEK, SMITH ISLAND, AND PINEY
POINT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 3790 7625 3814 7650 3807 7633 3829 7640
3813 7653 3824 7680 3824 7669 3823 7659
3840 7655 3831 7640 3841 7654 3909 7645
3910 7643 3832 7640 3840 7622 3822 7603
3836 7586 3835 7586 3790 7591
TIME...MOT...LOC 0057Z 262DEG 43KT 3896 7638 3849 7650 3816 7680
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
LFR
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