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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
659 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* AT 659 PM EDT, GUST FRONTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
13 NM NORTHWEST OF KEY BRIDGE TO 15 NM NORTHWEST OF MASON NECK
STATE PARK TO 18 NM WEST OF LEESYLVANIA STATE PARK TO 30 NM WEST OF
QUANTICO, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...
POTOMAC CREEK, WIDEWATER, MARYLAND POINT, NANJEMOY CREEK, PORT
TOBACCO RIVER, LEESYLVANIA STATE PARK, SMALLWOOD STATE PARK,
QUANTICO, GUNSTON HALL, MATHIAS POINT, U.S. 301 NICE MEMORIAL
BRIDGE, MASON NECK STATE PARK, INDIAN HEAD, OCCOQUAN BAY, BRENT
POINT, FAIRVIEW BEACH, AND FORT HUNT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3850 7733 3866 7724 3866 7719 3864 7719
3865 7716 3870 7721 3872 7710 3870 7702
3867 7708 3862 7709 3851 7724 3839 7723
3846 7701 3836 7699 3833 7703 3838 7706
3833 7717 3833 7729 3841 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 308DEG 19KT 3899 7734 3876 7748 3868 7762 3863
7793
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
GEIGER
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