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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
647 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 745 PM EDT.
* AT 647 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MARYLAND
POINT, 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...
MARYLAND POINT, NANJEMOY CREEK, MATHIAS POINT, U.S. 301 NICE
MEMORIAL BRIDGE, PORT TOBACCO RIVER, AND POPES CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3839 7723 3846 7701 3835 7696 3834 7704
3838 7706 3833 7717 3833 7720 3835 7725
3839 7725
TIME...MOT...LOC 2247Z 244DEG 7KT 3838 7717
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS
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