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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
112 PM EDT SUN OCT 17 2021
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD...
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD...
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT.
* AT 111 PM EDT, UPSTREAM WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 KNOTS WERE BEING
OBSERVED.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...OBSERVED WIND.
IMPACT...BOATERS IN SMALL CRAFT COULD BE THROWN OVERBOARD BY
SUDDENLY HIGHER WINDS AND WAVES CAPSIZING THEIR VESSEL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LEESYLVANIA STATE PARK, NATIONAL HARBOR, FORT WASHINGTON, TIDAL
BASIN, REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT, GUNSTON HALL, MASON NECK STATE
PARK, WOODROW WILSON BRIDGE, INDIAN HEAD, KEY BRIDGE, OCCOQUAN BAY,
FORT HUNT AND ALEXANDRIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
LAT...LON 3867 7724 3866 7722 3866 7719 3864 7719
3865 7716 3870 7720 3873 7706 3890 7708
3891 7705 3885 7700 3870 7700 3867 7708
3862 7709 3856 7717 3858 7729
TIME...MOT...LOC 1711Z 295DEG 50KT 3918 7707 3866 7725
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
DHOF
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