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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
836 PM EDT TUE SEP 16 2025
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...
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...
* UNTIL 930 PM EDT.
* AT 835 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
WATERSPOUTS WAS LOCATED OVER DEEP HOLE, MOVING WEST AT 35 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 48 KNOTS AND WATERSPOUTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...BOATERS COULD EASILY BE THROWN OVERBOARD BY SUDDENLY
HIGHER WIND AND WAVES CAPSIZING THEIR VESSEL. BOATS COULD
SUFFER SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IN HIGH WINDS. WATERSPOUTS CAN
EASILY OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HOOPER ISLAND LIGHT, CRISFIELD, SOUTHWEST MIDDLE GROUNDS, CUCKOLD
CREEK, EWELL, COLES POINT, SAINT GEORGE ISLAND, POINT NO POINT,
CALVERT CLIFFS, THE TARGETS, RICHLAND POINT BUOY, SMITH ISLAND,
PINEY POINT, DEEP HOLE, MOUTH OF THE POTOMAC RIVER, SOLOMONS
ISLAND, NANTICOKE RIVER MOUTH, TOWN CREEK, POINT LOOKOUT, AND TALL
TIMBERS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN WATERSPOUTS. WATERSPOUTS CAN EASILY
OVERTURN BOATS AND CREATE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS SEAS. SEEK SAFE HARBOR
IMMEDIATELY.
LAT...LON 3816 7668 3824 7667 3807 7633 3839 7658
3834 7643 3863 7654 3861 7634 3823 7606
3822 7604 3837 7601 3837 7598 3831 7602
3824 7595 3836 7586 3814 7596 3806 7580
3808 7578 3790 7591 3789 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 092DEG 36KT 3807 7621
WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...48KTS
DHOF
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