886  
WHUS51 KLWX 162149  
SMWLWX  
ANZ530>532-538-539-162345-  
/O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0277.261016T2149Z-261016T2345Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
549 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD...  
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD...  
CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD...  
CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD...  
PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR...  
 
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 549 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 28 NM NORTHWEST OF GUNPOWDER RIVER TO 29 NM WEST OF  
MIDDLE RIVER TO 25 NM NORTHWEST OF KEY BRIDGE, 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...  
FORT SMALLWOOD STATE PARK, PINEHURST, NORTH POINT STATE PARK, HART  
MILLER ISLAND, MAGOTHY RIVER, GIBSON ISLAND, BODKIN POINT,  
TOLCHESTER BEACH, POOLES ISLAND, LOVE POINT, GUNPOWDER RIVER, SANDY  
POINT STATE PARK, BALTIMORE LIGHT, CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE, SEVENFOOT  
KNOLL, AND SEVERN RIVER.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3929 7619 3915 7628 3906 7623 3899 7628  
3904 7630 3898 7634 3896 7642 3899 7648  
3902 7641 3905 7646 3913 7645 3926 7665  
3924 7651 3922 7649 3923 7643 3930 7641  
3932 7635 3939 7637 3940 7630 3943 7629  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 283DEG 24KT 3976 7669 3944 7705 3916 7751  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 

 
 
BRO  
 
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