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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1123 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 100 PM EDT.
* AT 1123 AM EDT, GUST FRONTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 9 NM WEST OF FORT SMALLWOOD STATE PARK TO NEAR KEY BRIDGE TO
19 NM NORTHWEST OF MASON NECK STATE PARK TO 25 NM WEST OF AQUIA
CREEK, MOVING EAST AT 20 KNOTS.
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, MARYLAND POINT, NANJEMOY CREEK, PORT TOBACCO RIVER,
LEESYLVANIA STATE PARK, QUANTICO, GUNSTON HALL, MATHIAS POINT,
MASON NECK STATE PARK, WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE, INDIAN HEAD, OCCOQUAN
BAY, FORT HUNT, BRENT POINT, REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, FAIRVIEW
BEACH, FORT WASHINGTON, NATIONAL HARBOR, AND ALEXANDRIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3842 7733 3866 7724 3864 7719 3865 7716
3870 7720 3873 7706 3890 7705 3870 7700
3867 7708 3851 7724 3840 7723 3839 7723
3846 7701 3838 7699 3843 7706 3839 7702
3833 7703 3838 7706 3833 7717 3833 7729
TIME...MOT...LOC 1523Z 284DEG 22KT 3917 7669 3890 7713 3882 7754 3849
7786
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
GEIGER
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