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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
559 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 700 PM EDT.
* AT 559 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER AQUIA CREEK,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 48 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL.
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 AND HAIL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POTOMAC CREEK, MATHIAS POINT, MARYLAND POINT, NANJEMOY CREEK, PORT
TOBACCO RIVER, BRENT POINT, AND FAIRVIEW BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3842 7733 3843 7724 3839 7723 3846 7701
3843 7700 3836 7705 3838 7706 3833 7717
3833 7729
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 305DEG 5KT 3843 7735
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...48KTS
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