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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
534 AM EST THU JAN 1 2026
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...
CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD...
CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER...
EASTERN BAY...
PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD...
* UNTIL 700 AM EST.
* AT 532 AM EST, A MODERATE-TO-HEAVY SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A
LINE EXTENDING FROM THE NORTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY TO NORTHERN
ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY MD, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 48 KNOTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...BOATERS COULD EASILY BE THROWN OVERBOARD BY SUDDENLY
HIGHER WIND AND WAVES CAPSIZING THEIR VESSEL. BOATS COULD
SUFFER SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS.
* GUST FRONTS WILL BE NEAR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE, ANNAPOLIS, AND GREENBURY POINT AROUND 535
AM EST.
MATAPEAKE, MAYO, AND HIGHLAND BEACH AROUND 540 AM EST.
SHADY SIDE AND THOMAS POINT LIGHT AROUND 545 AM EST.
DEALE AND ROMANCOKE AROUND 550 AM EST.
BLOODY POINT LIGHT AND EASTERN BAY AROUND 555 AM EST.
HERRING BAY AROUND 600 AM EST.
POPLAR ISLAND AROUND 605 AM EST.
NORTH BEACH, KNAPPS NARROWS BRIDGE, AND TILGHMAN ISLAND AROUND 610
AM EST.
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY GUST FRONTS INCLUDE DRUM POINT,
ROMANCOKE, AND HIGHLAND BEACH.
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 3861 7627 3851 7621 3851 7635 3836 7625
3829 7645 3839 7656 3834 7643 3871 7655
3887 7651 3897 7648 3900 7645 3901 7639
3902 7632 3884 7637 3886 7636 3902 7624
3867 7634 3872 7632 3875 7631 3859 7605
TIME...MOT...LOC 1032Z 314DEG 30KT 3927 7594 3899 7674
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...48KTS
LEE
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