493  
FZUS71 KLWX 311731  
MWSLWX  
 
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
131 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2025  
 
ANZ530-531-538-311845-  
/O.CON.KLWX.MA.W.0192.000000T0000Z-250731T1845Z/  
131 PM EDT THU JUL 31 2025  
   
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM EDT  
 
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...  
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD...  
CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD...  
PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR...  
 
AT 131 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS  
WAS LOCATED NEAR GUNPOWDER RIVER, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS AND WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...BOATERS IN SMALL CRAFT COULD BE THROWN OVERBOARD BY  
SUDDENLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES CAPSIZING THEIR VESSEL.  
WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY  
HAZARDOUS SEAS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
FORT SMALLWOOD STATE PARK, TURKEY POINT, NORTH POINT STATE PARK, HART  
MILLER ISLAND, BODKIN POINT, TOLCHESTER BEACH, WORTON POINT, POOLES  
ISLAND, SPESUTIE ISLAND, GUNPOWDER RIVER, NORTHEAST RIVER, SEVENFOOT  
KNOLL, HAVRE DE GRACE, AND ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE  
EXPECTED.  
 
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY  
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR  
IMMEDIATELY.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3959 7593 3949 7597 3954 7587 3945 7584  
3940 7601 3937 7590 3936 7588 3937 7611  
3915 7628 3912 7645 3926 7665 3925 7661  
3923 7643 3946 7630 3948 7622 3937 7622  
3945 7609 3954 7611 3960 7595  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1731Z 226DEG 20KT 3941 7624  
 
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE  
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
BRO  
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