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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
611 AM EDT THU MAR 12 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...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD...
* UNTIL 745 AM EDT.
* AT 610 AM EDT, A WIND SHIFT ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROACHING COLD
FRONT IS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 NM NORTHEAST OF
PORT TOBACCO RIVER TO MARYLAND POINT TO 8 NM SOUTHWEST OF AQUIA
CREEK, MOVING EAST AT 30 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER. ADDITIONALLY, WINDS
ABRUPTLY CHANGE DIRECTION OUR OF THE WEST.
SOURCE...SURFACE OBSERVATIONS.
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, SAINT INIGOES CREEK, MARYLAND POINT, NANJEMOY
CREEK, PORT TOBACCO RIVER, COLONIAL BEACH, SMALLWOOD STATE PARK,
COBB ISLAND, POINT LOOKOUT, TALL TIMBERS, SWAN POINT, COLTONS
POINT, MATHIAS POINT, U.S. 301 NICE MEMORIAL BRIDGE, SAINT GEORGE
ISLAND, AND WICOMICO RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3857 7729 3856 7717 3845 7724 3839 7723
3846 7701 3827 7684 3823 7658 3810 7640
3816 7637 3813 7638 3815 7636 3791 7627
3803 7651 3815 7661 3821 7694 3838 7706
3833 7729
TIME...MOT...LOC 1010Z 289DEG 32KT 3852 7690 3838 7718 3832 7748
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
CJL
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