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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
521 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.
* AT 520 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GUNPOWDER
RIVER, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 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...
WORTON POINT, SPESUTIE ISLAND, AND ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3936 7588 3937 7611 3932 7618 3927 7621
3930 7629 3938 7630 3939 7634 3936 7634
3940 7637 3940 7630 3946 7630 3948 7622
3937 7622 3945 7609 3948 7614 3942 7598
3942 7599 3940 7601 3939 7599
TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 299DEG 16KT 3944 7632
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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