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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
836 PM EST WED NOV 20 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 930 PM EST.
* AT 834 PM EST, A GUST FRONT WAS LOCATED 21 NM WEST OF KEY BRIDGE,
MOVING EAST AT 35 KNOTS.
HAZARD...SUDDEN ONSET OF WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 KNOTS.
SOURCE...MEASURED WIND GUSTS OVER LAND.
IMPACT...BOATERS IN SMALL CRAFT COULD BE THROWN OVERBOARD BY
SUDDENLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES CAPSIZING THEIR VESSEL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POTOMAC CREEK, MARYLAND POINT, NANJEMOY CREEK, PORT TOBACCO RIVER,
LEESYLVANIA STATE PARK, SMALLWOOD STATE PARK, NATIONAL HARBOR,
QUANTICO, FORT WASHINGTON, TIDAL BASIN, REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT,
GUNSTON HALL, MATHIAS POINT, MASON NECK STATE PARK, WOODROW WILSON
BRIDGE, INDIAN HEAD, OCCOQUAN BAY, FORT HUNT, POPES CREEK, AND
ALEXANDRIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3850 7733 3866 7724 3864 7719 3870 7720
3873 7706 3891 7705 3885 7700 3870 7700
3867 7708 3862 7709 3851 7724 3839 7723
3846 7701 3839 7698 3839 7699 3834 7704
3838 7706 3833 7716 3836 7730
TIME...MOT...LOC 0134Z 281DEG 37KT 3898 7751
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
BELAK
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