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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1218 AM EDT FRI SEP 4 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA...
TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH
ISLAND...
* UNTIL 145 AM EDT.
* AT 1218 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MOUTH OF THE
POTOMAC RIVER, MOVING EAST AT 25 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...
EWELL, POINT LOOKOUT, TANGIER SOUND, SMITH ISLAND, DEEP HOLE,
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE GROUNDS, CRISFIELD, AND DEAL ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3801 7629 3809 7638 3807 7633 3811 7635
3813 7602 3811 7602 3815 7579 3807 7587
3806 7587 3807 7579 3808 7578 3807 7578
3803 7587 3798 7590 3796 7586 3790 7591
3789 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 285DEG 25KT 3801 7635
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
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