473  
WHUS51 KLWX 052327  
SMWLWX  
ANZ535-536-060130-  
/O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0121.260705T2327Z-260706T0130Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
727 PM EDT SUN JUL 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 930 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 727 PM EDT, A GUST FRONT WAS LOCATED OVER KEY BRIDGE, MOVING  
SOUTHEAST AT 10 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...  
LEESYLVANIA STATE PARK, NATIONAL HARBOR, QUANTICO, FORT WASHINGTON,  
TIDAL BASIN, REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, GUNSTON HALL, MASON NECK  
STATE PARK, WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE, INDIAN HEAD, KEY BRIDGE,  
OCCOQUAN BAY, FORT HUNT, SMALLWOOD STATE PARK, AND ALEXANDRIA.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3866 7724 3866 7719 3864 7720 3864 7719  
3865 7716 3870 7720 3873 7706 3890 7708  
3891 7705 3885 7700 3870 7700 3867 7708  
3862 7709 3851 7725 3850 7732  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2327Z 335DEG 11KT 3894 7709  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
BELAK  
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