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FZUS71 KLWX 282130
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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
530 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
ANZ530-531-282230-
/O.CON.KLWX.MA.W.0182.000000T0000Z-260728T2230Z/
530 PM EDT TUE JUL 28 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD...
CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD...
AT 530 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WATERSPOUTS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 NM NORTHWEST OF HAVRE DE
GRACE TO 8 NM NORTH OF GUNPOWDER RIVER TO 15 NM NORTHWEST OF MIDDLE
RIVER, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WATERSPOUTS, WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 48 KNOTS, AND SMALL
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. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TURKEY POINT, HART MILLER ISLAND, GUNPOWDER RIVER, NORTHEAST RIVER,
TOLCHESTER BEACH, WORTON POINT, POOLES ISLAND, SPESUTIE ISLAND,
ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, HAVRE DE GRACE, AND MIDDLE RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN AND
NORTHEASTERN MARYLAND...AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 3960 7594 3949 7597 3950 7596 3954 7587
3945 7585 3946 7594 3940 7601 3936 7588
3936 7589 3937 7611 3920 7625 3924 7642
3940 7637 3940 7630 3946 7630 3948 7622
3937 7622 3945 7609 3949 7615 3954 7611
TIME...MOT...LOC 2130Z 293DEG 34KT 3964 7629 3952 7638 3952 7665
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...48KTS
BRO
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