311  
WHUS51 KLWX 020054  
SMWLWX  
ANZ534-537-543-020230-  
/O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0127.250702T0054Z-250702T0230Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC  
854 PM EDT TUE JUL 1 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...  
TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH  
ISLAND...  
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA...  
 
* UNTIL 1030 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 854 PM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SMITH POINT,  
MOVING EAST AT 25 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...  
YEOCOMICO RIVER, SMITH ISLAND, CRISFIELD, DEEP HOLE, MOUTH OF THE  
POTOMAC RIVER, NANTICOKE RIVER MOUTH, SOUTHWEST MIDDLE GROUNDS,  
EWELL, POINT LOOKOUT, TANGIER SOUND, HONGA RIVER, BIVALVE, AND DEAL  
ISLAND.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3803 7652 3806 7653 3807 7633 3831 7614  
3827 7615 3824 7595 3836 7586 3835 7586  
3823 7582 3814 7596 3814 7579 3806 7587  
3807 7580 3807 7579 3808 7578 3790 7591  
3789 7624  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0054Z 249DEG 23KT 3787 7636  
 
HAIL...0.00IN  
WIND...>34KTS  
 
 
 
BELAK  
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