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FZUS71 KLWX 181821
MWSLWX
MARINE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
221 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2025
ANZ530-531-538-181915-
/O.CON.KLWX.MA.W.0091.000000T0000Z-250618T1915Z/
221 PM EDT WED JUN 18 2025
..A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD...
CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD...
PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR...
AT 221 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER FORT SMALLWOOD
STATE PARK, MOVING EAST AT 25 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 48 KNOTS AND LARGE HAIL.
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 AND HAIL.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FORT SMALLWOOD STATE PARK, PINEHURST, NORTH POINT STATE PARK, HART
MILLER ISLAND, MAGOTHY RIVER, GUNPOWDER RIVER, GIBSON ISLAND,
BALTIMORE LIGHT, BODKIN POINT, POOLES ISLAND, AND SEVENFOOT KNOLL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY AS GUSTY WINDS AND HIGH WAVES ARE
EXPECTED.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. IF CAUGHT ON THE
OPEN WATER STAY BELOW DECK IF POSSIBLE, KEEP AWAY FROM UNGROUNDED
METAL OBJECTS.
LAT...LON 3937 7622 3938 7621 3902 7639 3902 7641
3905 7646 3913 7645 3926 7665 3930 7660
3922 7649 3923 7643 3930 7641 3932 7635
3937 7636 3938 7637 3940 7636 3940 7630
3945 7630 3948 7622
TIME...MOT...LOC 1821Z 260DEG 23KT 3919 7654
HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...48KTS
BELAK
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