146  
WHUS51 KLWX 311721  
SMWLWX  
ANZ535-311815-  
/O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0004.250131T1721Z-250131T1815Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
1221 PM EST FRI JAN 31 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD...  
 
* UNTIL 115 PM EST.  
 
* AT 1220 PM EST, HEAVY RAINFALL WITH EMBEDDED GUSTY WINDS WERE  
LOCATED OVER REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 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, REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, GUNSTON HALL, WOODROW WILSON  
BRIDGE, KEY BRIDGE, NATIONAL HARBOR, FORT HUNT, ALEXANDRIA, AND  
FORT WASHINGTON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE  
EXPECTED.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3869 7715 3867 7714 3868 7713 3868 7712  
3870 7713 3870 7718 3873 7708 3872 7704  
3873 7704 3874 7707 3890 7708 3891 7705  
3885 7700 3875 7700 3874 7703 3870 7702  
3869 7710 3864 7711 3869 7719  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 239DEG 20KT 3884 7700  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 

 
 
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