470
FZUS71 KLWX 180236
MWSLWX
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1036 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
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1036 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA...
TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH ISLAND...
AT 1036 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 11 NM EAST OF RACCOON POINT TO NEAR WATTS ISLAND TO
NEAR SAN MARCOS WRECK, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 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, TANGIER SOUND, SMITH ISLAND, DEAL ISLAND, AND CRISFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3798 7606 3804 7601 3820 7595 3819 7592
3818 7595 3813 7595 3813 7592 3815 7593
3814 7579 3814 7583 3808 7588 3806 7587
3808 7578 3802 7584 3803 7587 3798 7590
3796 7586 3796 7589 3790 7591 3790 7605
TIME...MOT...LOC 0236Z 294DEG 30KT 3808 7557 3785 7588 3776 7608
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
BRO
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