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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
458 AM EDT THU MAR 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD...
CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD...
CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD...
CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER...
EASTERN BAY...
PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR...
* UNTIL 630 AM EDT.
* AT 457 AM EDT, A WIND SHIFT ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT IS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 NM NORTHWEST OF
MIDDLE RIVER TO 21 NM NORTH OF TIDAL BASIN TO 10 NM NORTH OF KEY
BRIDGE, MOVING EAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER. ADDITIONALLY, WINDS
ABRUPTLY CHANGE DIRECTION OUR OF THE WEST.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...BOATERS IN SMALL CRAFT COULD BE THROWN OVERBOARD BY
SUDDENLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES CAPSIZING THEIR VESSEL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
KENT NARROWS BRIDGE, NORTH POINT STATE PARK, MAGOTHY RIVER, EASTERN
BAY, DOBBINS ISLAND, POOLES ISLAND, GUNPOWDER RIVER, SANDY POINT
STATE PARK, NORTHEAST RIVER, BLOODY POINT LIGHT, THOMAS POINT
LIGHT, PARSONS ISLAND, FORT SMALLWOOD STATE PARK, PINEHURST, TURKEY
POINT, ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, HART MILLER ISLAND, GIBSON ISLAND,
BODKIN POINT, AND TOLCHESTER BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3959 7593 3949 7597 3954 7587 3945 7584
3940 7601 3937 7590 3936 7588 3937 7611
3917 7628 3879 7619 3885 7627 3880 7653
3902 7641 3926 7665 3923 7643 3941 7637
3948 7622 3937 7622 3954 7611
TIME...MOT...LOC 0857Z 282DEG 30KT 3952 7690 3924 7698 3907 7714
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
CJL
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