618  
WHUS51 KLWX 172235  
SMWLWX  
ANZ530-531-180000-  
/O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0214.250817T2235Z-250818T0000Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
635 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2025  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD...  
CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD...  
 
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 635 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HAVRE DE  
GRACE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...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.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
NORTHEAST RIVER, TURKEY POINT, WORTON POINT, SPESUTIE ISLAND,  
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, AND HAVRE DE GRACE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE  
EXPECTED.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3959 7593 3949 7597 3954 7587 3945 7584  
3946 7594 3940 7601 3937 7590 3936 7588  
3937 7611 3933 7614 3932 7618 3929 7617  
3927 7620 3930 7629 3946 7628 3948 7622  
3937 7622 3945 7609 3949 7615 3954 7611  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 317DEG 15KT 3956 7611  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 

 
 
GEIGER  
 
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