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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
532 PM EDT THU MAY 8 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD...
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.
* AT 532 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR QUANTICO,
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER AND SMALL HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...BOATERS IN SMALL CRAFT COULD BE THROWN OVERBOARD BY
SUDDENLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES CAPSIZING THEIR VESSEL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
QUANTICO, WIDEWATER, OCCOQUAN BAY, LEESYLVANIA STATE PARK,
SMALLWOOD STATE PARK, AND INDIAN HEAD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3850 7733 3865 7725 3864 7720 3864 7717
3857 7716 3851 7724 3842 7724 3841 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 246DEG 6KT 3848 7738
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
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