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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
221 PM EDT SUN APR 5 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...
TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH
ISLAND...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT.
* AT 221 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR SAINT GEORGE ISLAND TO NEAR YEOCOMICO RIVER TO
9 NM SOUTHWEST OF MOUTH OF THE POTOMAC RIVER, MOVING EAST 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...
EWELL, POINT LOOKOUT, TANGIER SOUND, SMITH ISLAND, CRISFIELD, DEEP
HOLE, SAINT GEORGE ISLAND, POINT NO POINT, BIVALVE, NANTICOKE RIVER
MOUTH, SOUTHWEST MIDDLE GROUNDS, AND DEAL ISLAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3802 7647 3802 7649 3813 7648 3807 7633
3819 7639 3822 7603 3837 7600 3836 7597
3834 7596 3823 7597 3824 7595 3836 7586
3835 7586 3814 7596 3807 7580 3807 7579
3808 7578 3790 7591
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 266DEG 35KT 3808 7643 3797 7644 3789 7648
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
LFR
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