763  
WHUS51 KLWX 191804  
SMWLWX  
ANZ530>532-538>540-191930-  
/O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0268.251219T1804Z-251219T1930Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
104 PM EST FRI DEC 19 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD...  
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD...  
CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD...  
CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD...  
EASTERN BAY...  
PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR...  
 
* UNTIL 230 PM EST.  
 
* AT 102 PM EST, SHOWERS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 26  
NM NORTHWEST OF MIDDLE RIVER TO 18 NM NORTHWEST OF FORT SMALLWOOD  
STATE PARK TO NEAR KEY BRIDGE, MOVING EAST AT 40 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 48 KNOTS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED WITH OBSERVED GUST OF 48 KNOTS IN  
WESTMINSTER, MD.  
 
IMPACT...BOATERS COULD EASILY BE THROWN OVERBOARD BY SUDDENLY  
HIGHER WIND AND WAVES CAPSIZING THEIR VESSEL. BOATS COULD  
SUFFER SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
KENT NARROWS BRIDGE, NORTH POINT STATE PARK, MAGOTHY RIVER, EASTERN  
BAY, DOBBINS ISLAND, POOLES ISLAND, HIGHLAND BEACH, GUNPOWDER  
RIVER, SANDY POINT STATE PARK, NORTHEAST RIVER, THOMAS POINT LIGHT,  
PARSONS ISLAND, FORT SMALLWOOD STATE PARK, PINEHURST, TURKEY POINT,  
HART MILLER ISLAND, GIBSON ISLAND, BODKIN POINT, TOLCHESTER BEACH,  
AND WORTON POINT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE  
EXPECTED.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3959 7593 3949 7597 3945 7584 3940 7601  
3937 7590 3936 7588 3937 7611 3917 7628  
3883 7619 3885 7636 3904 7630 3885 7638  
3887 7651 3902 7641 3926 7665 3923 7643  
3941 7637 3948 7622 3937 7622  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1802Z 271DEG 40KT 3971 7674 3929 7684 3897 7709  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...48KTS  
 

 
 
KJP  
 
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