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FZUS71 KLWX 040339
MWSLWX
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1139 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
ANZ535>537-040500-
/O.CON.KLWX.MA.W.0262.000000T0000Z-260904T0500Z/
1139 PM EDT THU SEP 3 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
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...
AT 1139 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 NM NORTH OF KEY BRIDGE TO NEAR GUNSTON HALL, MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 48 KNOTS. STRONGEST WINDS NEAR
WASHINGTON DC.
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.
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 0339Z 219DEG 35KT 3900 7711 3875 7717
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...48KTS
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