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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1003 AM EDT SUN APR 5 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD...
* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT.
* AT 959 AM EDT, A GUST FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 30 NM NORTHWEST OF MIDDLE RIVER TO 27 NM NORTHWEST OF KEY
BRIDGE TO 46 NM WEST OF LEESYLVANIA STATE PARK, MOVING EAST AT 40
KNOTS. MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF GUSTY WINDS OF 32 TO 36 KNOTS ARE
POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY AS THE FRONT MOVES OVER THE WATERS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...BOATERS IN SMALL CRAFT COULD BE THROWN OVERBOARD BY
SUDDENLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES CAPSIZING THEIR VESSEL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
POTOMAC CREEK, WIDEWATER, MARYLAND POINT, LEESYLVANIA STATE PARK,
SMALLWOOD STATE PARK, NATIONAL HARBOR, QUANTICO, FORT WASHINGTON,
TIDAL BASIN, REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, GUNSTON HALL, MASON NECK
STATE PARK, WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE, INDIAN HEAD, KEY BRIDGE,
OCCOQUAN BAY, FORT HUNT, BRENT POINT, FAIRVIEW BEACH, AND
ALEXANDRIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3850 7733 3866 7724 3866 7719 3864 7719
3865 7716 3870 7720 3873 7706 3890 7708
3891 7705 3885 7700 3870 7700 3867 7708
3862 7709 3851 7724 3839 7723 3842 7712
3833 7723 3833 7729 3841 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 1359Z 257DEG 39KT 3961 7699 3925 7745 3888 7818
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
GEIGER
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