198  
WHUS71 KLWX 311132  
MWWLWX  
 
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
632 AM EST WED DEC 31 2025  
 
ANZ535-536-311945-  
/O.CON.KLWX.SC.Y.0192.251231T1500Z-251231T2300Z/  
/O.NEW.KLWX.SC.Y.0193.260101T0700Z-260101T2100Z/  
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD-  
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD-  
632 AM EST WED DEC 31 2025  
 
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING  
TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING...  
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 4 PM EST  
THURSDAY...  
 
* WHAT...FOR THE FIRST SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, WEST TO NORTHWEST  
WINDS 10 TO 15 KTS WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT EXPECTED. FOR THE  
SECOND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, NORTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH  
GUSTS UP TO 25 KT EXPECTED.  
 
* WHERE...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER FROM KEY BRIDGE TO COBB ISLAND MD.  
 
* WHEN...FOR THE FIRST SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, FROM 10 AM THIS  
MORNING TO 6 PM EST THIS EVENING. FOR THE SECOND SMALL CRAFT  
ADVISORY, FROM 2 AM TO 4 PM EST THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER  
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
ANZ530>534-537>543-311945-  
/O.EXT.KLWX.SC.Y.0191.000000T0000Z-260101T2100Z/  
CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD-  
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD-  
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD-  
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD-  
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA-  
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA-  
PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR-  
CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD-EASTERN BAY-  
CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER-  
PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD-  
TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH  
ISLAND-  
632 AM EST WED DEC 31 2025  
   
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY
 
 
* WHAT...WEST WINDS 10 TO 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT.  
 
* WHERE...CHESAPEAKE BAY AND ADJOINING ESTUARIES NORTH OF SMITH  
POINT VA, AND TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT  
VA.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL 4 PM EST THURSDAY.  
 
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER  
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.  
 

 
 

 
 
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