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WHUS51 KLWX 172336
SMWLWX
ANZ536-537-180100-
/O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0218.250817T2336Z-250818T0100Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
736 PM EDT SUN AUG 17 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 736 PM EDT, GUST FRONTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
NEAR FORT WASHINGTON TO NEAR QUANTICO TO 19 NM WEST OF AQUIA CREEK,
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...
YEOCOMICO RIVER, BRETON BAY, SAINT CLEMENTS BAY, PINEY POINT, MOUTH
OF THE POTOMAC RIVER, TALL TIMBERS, COBB ISLAND, COLTONS POINT,
SWAN POINT, COLES POINT, U.S. 301 NICE MEMORIAL BRIDGE, SAINT
GEORGE ISLAND, WICOMICO RIVER, WHITE POINT BEACH, WESTMORELAND
STATE PARK, AND COLONIAL BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3792 7628 3797 7642 3801 7647 3803 7651
3807 7654 3811 7660 3815 7661 3817 7676
3816 7684 3821 7694 3826 7696 3827 7700
3834 7703 3838 7697 3835 7696 3827 7684
3823 7658 3814 7651 3810 7640 3803 7632
TIME...MOT...LOC 2336Z 319DEG 25KT 3868 7703 3849 7727 3828 7771
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
GEIGER
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