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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1054 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD...
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
* AT 1053 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 15 NM NORTHWEST OF LEESYLVANIA STATE PARK TO 7 NM
SOUTHWEST OF AQUIA CREEK, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 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...
POTOMAC CREEK, BRETON BAY, NANJEMOY CREEK, QUANTICO, SWAN POINT,
COLTONS POINT, GUNSTON HALL, OCCOQUAN BAY, POPES CREEK, SAINT
CLEMENTS BAY, MARYLAND POINT, PORT TOBACCO RIVER, COLONIAL BEACH,
LEESYLVANIA STATE PARK, COBB ISLAND, MATHIAS POINT, U.S. 301 NICE
MEMORIAL BRIDGE, MASON NECK STATE PARK, WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE, AND
WICOMICO RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3850 7733 3866 7724 3864 7719 3870 7720
3873 7706 3891 7705 3890 7705 3870 7700
3867 7708 3851 7724 3839 7723 3846 7701
3835 7696 3827 7684 3823 7663 3817 7676
3821 7694 3838 7706 3833 7717 3833 7730
TIME...MOT...LOC 0253Z 226DEG 31KT 3874 7751 3833 7747
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
BELAK
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