917  
WHUS51 KLWX 151839  
SMWLWX  
ANZ535-152015-  
/O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0026.240415T1839Z-240415T2015Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
239 PM EDT MON APR 15 2024  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD...  
 
* UNTIL 415 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 239 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 21 NM WEST OF KEY  
BRIDGE, MOVING EAST AT 25 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND LARGE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...BOATERS IN SMALL CRAFT COULD BE THROWN OVERBOARD BY  
SUDDENLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES CAPSIZING THEIR VESSEL.  
HAIL MAY DAMAGE YOUR VESSEL.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
TIDAL BASIN, REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE, KEY  
BRIDGE, NATIONAL HARBOR, ALEXANDRIA, AND FORT WASHINGTON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3891 7705 3891 7704 3885 7700 3877 7700  
3879 7707 3890 7708  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 285DEG 27KT 3898 7752  
 
HAIL...>.75IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 

 
 
GEIGER  
 
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