661  
WHUS51 KLWX 032037  
SMWLWX  
ANZ536-537-032130-  
/O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0203.260803T2037Z-260803T2130Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
437 PM EDT MON AUG 3 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...  
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA...  
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD...  
 
* UNTIL 530 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 437 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 NM WEST OF  
COLONIAL BEACH, MOVING EAST AT 10 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...  
BRETON BAY, COBB ISLAND, SWAN POINT, COLTONS POINT, SAINT CLEMENTS  
BAY, COLES POINT, WESTMORELAND STATE PARK, WICOMICO RIVER, WHITE  
POINT BEACH, AND COLONIAL BEACH.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3831 7690 3827 7684 3823 7658 3819 7655  
3818 7656 3814 7661 3815 7661 3817 7676  
3816 7684 3817 7688 3821 7694 3823 7696  
3826 7696 3828 7698 3827 7699 3827 7700  
3830 7702  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2037Z 276DEG 9KT 3822 7713  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 

 
 
KJP  
 
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