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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
525 AM EST THU JAN 1 2026
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 700 AM EST.
* AT 523 AM EST, A MODERATE-TO-HEAVY SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL MONTGOMERY COUNTY MD TO NORTHERN
LOUDOUN COUNTY VA, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 48 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS.
IMPACT...BOATERS COULD EASILY BE THROWN OVERBOARD BY SUDDENLY
HIGHER WIND AND WAVES CAPSIZING THEIR VESSEL. BOATS COULD
SUFFER SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POTOMAC CREEK, NANJEMOY CREEK, REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, SWAN POINT,
GUNSTON HALL, OCCOQUAN BAY, POPES CREEK, MARYLAND POINT, PORT
TOBACCO RIVER, COLONIAL BEACH, LEESYLVANIA STATE PARK, MATHIAS
POINT, U.S. 301 NICE MEMORIAL BRIDGE, MASON NECK STATE PARK,
WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE, INDIAN HEAD, FORT HUNT, BRENT POINT,
QUANTICO, AND WESTMORELAND STATE PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
SEEK SAFE SHELTER, MARINERS CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS AND INCREASING
WAVES.
LAT...LON 3866 7724 3864 7719 3868 7719 3873 7706
3891 7705 3870 7700 3867 7708 3851 7724
3839 7723 3846 7701 3835 7696 3827 7686
3817 7685 3817 7686 3821 7695 3835 7704
3833 7729 3841 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 1023Z 337DEG 24KT 3907 7694 3878 7823
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...48KTS
LEE
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