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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
619 AM EST THU JAN 1 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA...
* UNTIL 745 AM EST.
* AT 617 AM EST, A GUST FRONT ACCOMPANIED WITH A LIGHT-TO-MODERATE
SNOW SHOWER WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM SOUTHERN
CHARLES COUNTY MDTO QUANTICO, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...AIRPORT OBERVATIONS.
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, POINT LOOKOUT, TALL TIMBERS, COBB ISLAND,
COLTONS POINT, COLES POINT, SAINT GEORGE ISLAND, WICOMICO RIVER,
AND WHITE POINT BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3797 7641 3801 7647 3803 7651 3807 7654
3811 7660 3815 7661 3817 7676 3817 7685
3828 7686 3823 7658 3814 7651 3809 7638
3805 7636 3805 7633 3801 7629 3791 7627
TIME...MOT...LOC 1117Z 331DEG 29KT 3854 7685 3841 7748
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
LEE
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