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FZUS71 KLWX 202056
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
456 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2026
ANZ530-531-538-539-202200-
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456 PM EDT WED MAY 20 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD...
CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD...
CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD...
PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR...
AT 456 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 8 NM NORTHWEST OF HAVRE DE GRACE TO NEAR GUNPOWDER
RIVER TO NEAR BACK RIVER, MOVING EAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 48 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...BOATERS COULD EASILY BE THROWN OVERBOARD BY SUDDENLY HIGHER
WIND AND WAVES CAPSIZING THEIR VESSEL. BOATS COULD SUFFER
SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS AND HAIL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT SMALLWOOD STATE PARK, PINEHURST, TURKEY POINT, NORTH POINT STATE
PARK, MAGOTHY RIVER, HART MILLER ISLAND, DOBBINS ISLAND, GIBSON
ISLAND, BODKIN POINT, POOLES ISLAND, SPESUTIE ISLAND, LOVE POINT,
GUNPOWDER RIVER, SANDY POINT STATE PARK, BALTIMORE LIGHT, NORTHEAST
RIVER, SEVENFOOT KNOLL, TOLCHESTER BEACH, ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND,
AND MIDDLE RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3949 7597 3954 7587 3945 7584 3940 7601
3939 7601 3936 7590 3932 7619 3915 7628
3901 7622 3900 7617 3900 7645 3902 7641
3926 7665 3923 7643 3941 7637 3948 7622
3937 7622 3959 7594
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 264DEG 23KT 3963 7626 3937 7639 3924 7655
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...48KTS
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