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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
609 AM EDT THU MAR 12 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD...
CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER...
EASTERN BAY...
PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD...
TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH
ISLAND...
* UNTIL 745 AM EDT.
* AT 608 AM EDT, A WIND SHIFT ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT IS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM DEALE TO NEAR PORT
TOBACCO RIVER, MOVING EAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER. ADDITIONALLY, WINDS
ABRUPTLY CHANGE DIRECTION OUR OF THE NORTHWEST.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...BOATERS IN SMALL CRAFT COULD BE THROWN OVERBOARD BY
SUDDENLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES CAPSIZING THEIR VESSEL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHOPTANK RIVER, HOOPER ISLAND LIGHT, KNAPPS NARROWS BRIDGE,
TILGHMAN ISLAND, BLACKWALNUT POINT, SOLOMONS ISLAND, NANTICOKE
RIVER MOUTH, CUCKOLD CREEK, TOWN CREEK, TAYLORS ISLAND, DRUM POINT,
HONGA RIVER, FISHING BAY, JAMES ISLAND, CALVERT CLIFFS, THE
TARGETS, RICHLAND POINT BUOY, BIVALVE, POPLAR ISLAND, AND DEALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3820 7589 3816 7637 3839 7658 3834 7643
3835 7643 3880 7653 3879 7619 3879 7622
3878 7622 3859 7605 3861 7628 3837 7628
3822 7604 3837 7601 3836 7601 3823 7597
3836 7586 3826 7592 3814 7581
TIME...MOT...LOC 1008Z 284DEG 30KT 3879 7655 3848 7697
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
CJL
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