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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1229 PM EST WED MAR 5 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD...
* UNTIL 200 PM EST.
* AT 1228 PM EST, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 NM WEST OF
AQUIA CREEK, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 48 KNOTS. A SUDDEN WIND SHIFT
FROM SOUTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST IS EXPECT WITH THIS LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...BOATERS COULD EASILY BE THROWN OVERBOARD BY SUDDENLY
HIGHER WIND AND WAVES CAPSIZING THEIR VESSEL. BOATS COULD
SUFFER SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POTOMAC CREEK, NANJEMOY CREEK, QUANTICO, SWAN POINT, GUNSTON HALL,
OCCOQUAN BAY, POPES CREEK, MARYLAND POINT, PORT TOBACCO RIVER,
COLONIAL BEACH, LEESYLVANIA STATE PARK, COBB ISLAND, MATHIAS POINT,
U.S. 301 NICE MEMORIAL BRIDGE, MASON NECK STATE PARK, WOODROW
WILSON BRIDGE, WICOMICO RIVER, INDIAN HEAD, FORT HUNT, AND BRENT
POINT.
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 3890 7705 3870 7700
3867 7708 3851 7724 3839 7723 3846 7701
3835 7696 3827 7684 3825 7674 3824 7680
3823 7696 3838 7706 3833 7717 3833 7730
TIME...MOT...LOC 1728Z 243DEG 38KT 3842 7754
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...48KTS
BELAK
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