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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
330 PM EDT MON APR 15 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD...
* UNTIL 430 PM EDT.
* AT 330 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 28 NM WEST OF
QUANTICO, MOVING EAST AT 30 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...
QUANTICO, WIDEWATER, INDIAN HEAD, OCCOQUAN BAY, LEESYLVANIA STATE
PARK, SMALLWOOD STATE PARK, AND MASON NECK STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY UNTIL THIS STORM PASSES.
WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER, LARGE HAIL, HIGH WAVES, DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LAT...LON 3850 7733 3866 7724 3866 7719 3865 7720
3864 7720 3865 7717 3866 7716 3864 7709
3862 7709 3851 7724 3841 7724 3843 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 1930Z 287DEG 30KT 3869 7785
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
GEIGER
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