556  
WHUS51 KLWX 060000  
SMWLWX  
ANZ530>532-538>541-060200-  
/O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0122.260706T0000Z-260706T0200Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
800 PM EDT SUN JUL 5 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD...  
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD...  
CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD...  
CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD...  
CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER...  
EASTERN BAY...  
PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR...  
 
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 759 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 12 NM NORTHEAST OF  
TIDAL BASIN, MOVING EAST AT 10 KNOTS.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER IN MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF  
THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...BOATERS IN SMALL CRAFT COULD BE THROWN OVERBOARD BY  
SUDDENLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES CAPSIZING THEIR VESSEL.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
NORTH POINT STATE PARK, MAGOTHY RIVER, EASTERN BAY, DOBBINS ISLAND,  
POOLES ISLAND, GUNPOWDER RIVER, SANDY POINT STATE PARK, NORTHEAST  
RIVER, BLOODY POINT LIGHT, THOMAS POINT LIGHT, POPLAR ISLAND,  
PARSONS ISLAND, FORT SMALLWOOD STATE PARK, PINEHURST, TURKEY POINT,  
HART MILLER ISLAND, GIBSON ISLAND, BODKIN POINT, TOLCHESTER BEACH,  
AND WORTON POINT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3945 7584 3940 7601 3936 7588 3932 7618  
3894 7636 3884 7638 3884 7637 3897 7625  
3896 7625 3874 7622 3885 7627 3874 7634  
3876 7654 3902 7641 3926 7665 3923 7643  
3941 7637 3948 7622 3937 7622 3958 7594  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 290DEG 12KT 3902 7684  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 

 
 
BELAK  
 
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