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MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
424 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2026
ANZ535-536-042100-
/O.CON.KLWX.MA.W.0271.000000T0000Z-260904T2100Z/
424 PM EDT FRI SEP 4 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD...
AT 424 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 13 NM WEST OF ALEXANDRIA TO 7 NM WEST OF QUANTICO,
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 48 KNOTS.
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...
LEESYLVANIA STATE PARK, NATIONAL HARBOR, SMALLWOOD STATE PARK,
QUANTICO, FORT WASHINGTON, TIDAL BASIN, REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT,
GUNSTON HALL, MASON NECK STATE PARK, WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE, INDIAN
HEAD, KEY BRIDGE, OCCOQUAN BAY, FORT HUNT, AND ALEXANDRIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3850 7733 3866 7724 3866 7719 3864 7720
3865 7716 3870 7721 3873 7706 3890 7708
3891 7705 3885 7700 3870 7700 3867 7708
3862 7709 3851 7724 3846 7724 3849 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2024Z 298DEG 35KT 3882 7736 3853 7744
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...48KTS
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