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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
622 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD...
* UNTIL 815 PM EDT.
* AT 621 PM EDT, A GUST FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 17 NM WEST OF ALEXANDRIA TO 29 NM NORTHWEST OF QUANTICO TO 41
NM WEST OF AQUIA CREEK, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 KNOTS. BEHIND THIS
GUST FRONT ARE A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.
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...
POTOMAC CREEK, WIDEWATER, MARYLAND POINT, NANJEMOY CREEK, PORT
TOBACCO RIVER, LEESYLVANIA STATE PARK, QUANTICO, SWAN POINT,
MATHIAS POINT, U.S. 301 NICE MEMORIAL BRIDGE, OCCOQUAN BAY, POPES
CREEK, BRENT POINT, SMALLWOOD STATE PARK, FAIRVIEW BEACH, INDIAN
HEAD, AND COLONIAL BEACH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3850 7733 3863 7726 3859 7714 3851 7724
3839 7723 3846 7701 3835 7696 3831 7690
3825 7696 3828 7698 3827 7699 3827 7700
3830 7702 3838 7706 3833 7717 3833 7730
3842 7733
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 315DEG 21KT 3889 7746 3874 7786 3861 7817
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
BRO
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