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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1124 AM EDT SUN APR 5 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD...
CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD...
CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER...
EASTERN BAY...
* UNTIL 100 PM EDT.
* AT 1124 AM EDT, GUST FRONTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NEAR BACK RIVER TO NEAR TIDAL BASIN, MOVING EAST AT 35 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...
CHOPTANK RIVER, CHESTER RIVER, EASTERN BAY, BLACKWALNUT POINT,
GREENBURY POINT, HIGHLAND BEACH, SANDY POINT STATE PARK, SEVERN
RIVER, BLOODY POINT LIGHT, THOMAS POINT LIGHT, POPLAR ISLAND,
PARSONS ISLAND, PINEHURST, GIBSON ISLAND, BODKIN POINT, MILES
RIVER, TAYLORS ISLAND, LOVE POINT, BALTIMORE LIGHT, AND ROMANCOKE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3845 7631 3850 7652 3897 7649 3902 7641
3915 7648 3914 7626 3903 7624 3900 7617
3897 7625 3887 7620 3879 7619 3883 7630
3869 7635 3867 7634 3878 7627 3872 7630
3876 7623 3871 7624 3862 7611 3862 7610
TIME...MOT...LOC 1524Z 273DEG 33KT 3924 7649 3895 7696
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
GEIGER
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