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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
606 PM EDT SAT JUN 6 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD...
* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.
* AT 606 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 30 NM NORTH OF TIDAL BASIN TO 21 NM NORTHWEST OF KEY
BRIDGE TO 32 NM WEST OF ALEXANDRIA, MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...
FORT WASHINGTON, GUNSTON HALL, WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE, FORT HUNT,
REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, NATIONAL HARBOR, AND ALEXANDRIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3870 7718 3873 7706 3883 7707 3888 7702
3887 7702 3885 7704 3886 7700 3885 7700
3884 7703 3882 7703 3875 7700 3870 7700
3867 7708 3864 7709 3866 7717 3868 7719
TIME...MOT...LOC 2206Z 292DEG 34KT 3939 7715 3920 7732 3909 7751 3900
7775
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
AVS
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