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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
518 PM 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...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD...
CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER...
PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD...
* UNTIL 615 PM EDT.
* AT 517 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 7 NM SOUTHEAST OF FORT WASHINGTON TO 9 NM NORTHEAST
OF PORT TOBACCO RIVER TO NEAR POPES CREEK, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35
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...
GREENWELL STATE PARK, HOOPER ISLAND LIGHT, SAINT LEONARD CREEK,
SOLOMONS ISLAND, CUCKOLD CREEK, TOWN CREEK, DRUM POINT, DARES
BEACH, JAMES ISLAND, CALVERT CLIFFS, FLAG HARBOR, THE TARGETS,
RICHLAND POINT BUOY, AND TAYLORS ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3823 7641 3829 7640 3828 7646 3839 7658
3842 7652 3834 7643 3838 7640 3847 7649
3861 7654 3856 7628 3854 7627 3855 7626
3854 7626 3847 7633 3835 7625 3835 7627
3832 7626 3823 7613 3817 7609
TIME...MOT...LOC 2117Z 293DEG 35KT 3864 7690 3851 7685 3840 7692
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
DHOF
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