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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
707 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD...
CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER...
EASTERN BAY...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.
* AT 707 PM EDT, GUST FRONTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
16 NM WEST OF FORT SMALLWOOD STATE PARK TO 9 NM NORTHEAST OF TIDAL
BASIN TO ALEXANDRIA, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 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...
PARSONS ISLAND, CHOPTANK RIVER, EASTERN BAY, BLACKWALNUT POINT,
CHESAPEAKE BEACH, GREENBURY POINT, NAVAL ACADEMY, NORTH BEACH,
HERRING BAY, HIGHLAND BEACH, SEVERN RIVER, ROMANCOKE, BLOODY POINT
LIGHT, MATAPEAKE, THOMAS POINT LIGHT, POPLAR ISLAND, CHESAPEAKE BAY
BRIDGE, KNAPPS NARROWS BRIDGE, SHADY SIDE, AND TILGHMAN ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3858 7607 3857 7607 3866 7655 3899 7649
3899 7633 3884 7637 3895 7631 3890 7630
3897 7625 3894 7621 3869 7635 3867 7634
3877 7630 3878 7629 3878 7627 3872 7630
3876 7623
TIME...MOT...LOC 2307Z 305DEG 25KT 3911 7683 3900 7690 3884 7710
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
GEIGER
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