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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
419 PM EDT SUN MAY 10 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.
* AT 419 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 NM WEST OF KEY
BRIDGE, MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
TIDAL BASIN, FORT WASHINGTON, REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, WOODROW
WILSON BRIDGE, KEY BRIDGE, FORT HUNT, NATIONAL HARBOR, AND
ALEXANDRIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3891 7705 3891 7704 3890 7704 3885 7700
3871 7700 3873 7707 3874 7706 3890 7708
TIME...MOT...LOC 2019Z 291DEG 29KT 3898 7737
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
BRO
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