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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
732 PM EDT FRI OCT 16 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...
TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH
ISLAND...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.
* AT 732 PM EDT, A GUST FRONT WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 7 NM NORTHEAST OF PORT TOBACCO RIVER TO NEAR AQUIA CREEK TO
23 NM WEST OF BRENT POINT, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 KNOTS. THIS WILL
COME WITH A WIND SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST.
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...
YEOCOMICO RIVER, BRETON BAY, HOOPER ISLAND LIGHT, CRISFIELD,
SOUTHWEST MIDDLE GROUNDS, CUCKOLD CREEK, EWELL, COLTONS POINT,
COLES POINT, SAINT GEORGE ISLAND, POINT NO POINT, CALVERT CLIFFS,
THE TARGETS, RICHLAND POINT BUOY, GREENWELL STATE PARK, SAINT
LEONARD CREEK, SAINT CLEMENTS BAY, SMITH ISLAND, PINEY POINT, AND
DEEP HOLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3823 7696 3831 7690 3823 7659 3807 7633
3816 7637 3839 7658 3861 7606 3860 7605
3847 7633 3826 7618 3832 7589 3823 7582
3814 7596 3814 7579 3807 7587 3806 7587
3807 7582 3808 7578 3790 7591 3789 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 323DEG 25KT 3854 7692 3837 7742 3831 7779
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
BRO
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