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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
344 PM EDT MON APR 15 2024
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD...
CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER...
* UNTIL 515 PM EDT.
* AT 342 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NATIONAL
HARBOR, MOVING EAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND LARGE HAIL.
SOURCE...THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCTING QUARTER TO HALF-
DOLLAR SIZED HAIL.
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...
CHOPTANK RIVER, KNAPPS NARROWS BRIDGE, HERRING BAY, TILGHMAN
ISLAND, BLACKWALNUT POINT, NORTH BEACH, AND CHESAPEAKE BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3858 7607 3860 7616 3863 7617 3860 7621
3863 7625 3857 7631 3853 7627 3856 7621
3851 7621 3851 7626 3859 7654 3879 7653
3872 7634 3873 7623 3872 7623 3872 7624
3860 7605
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 288DEG 28KT 3881 7691
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
CJL
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