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WHUS51 KLWX 051631
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1231 PM EDT SUN APR 5 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 130 PM EDT.
* AT 1231 PM EDT, GUST FRONTS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM NEAR INDIAN HEAD TO NEAR SMALLWOOD STATE PARK TO MARYLAND
POINT TO 6 NM SOUTHWEST OF POTOMAC CREEK, MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
BRETON BAY, SAINT CLEMENTS BAY, PINEY POINT, TALL TIMBERS, COBB
ISLAND, COLTONS POINT, SWAN POINT, COLES POINT, U.S. 301 NICE
MEMORIAL BRIDGE, WICOMICO RIVER, WHITE POINT BEACH, POPES CREEK,
WESTMORELAND STATE PARK, COLONIAL BEACH, AND DAHLGREN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3811 7660 3815 7661 3817 7676 3816 7684
3821 7694 3823 7696 3826 7696 3828 7698
3827 7700 3831 7703 3836 7705 3839 7704
3842 7699 3835 7696 3827 7684 3823 7658
3814 7651 3808 7655
TIME...MOT...LOC 1631Z 277DEG 25KT 3862 7711 3849 7712 3835 7721 3831
7740
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
GEIGER
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