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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
809 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...
* UNTIL 845 PM EDT.
* AT 809 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MARYLAND
POINT, MOVING EAST AT 50 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, MATHIAS POINT, U.S. 301 NICE MEMORIAL BRIDGE,
MARYLAND POINT, NANJEMOY CREEK, PORT TOBACCO RIVER, POPES CREEK,
BRENT POINT, AND FAIRVIEW BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3840 7732 3838 7720 3845 7704 3846 7701
3837 7697 3834 7702 3834 7704 3838 7706
3833 7717 3833 7729
TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 282DEG 49KT 3836 7720
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
GEIGER
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