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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
1012 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
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...
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.
* AT 1011 PM EDT, STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM RACCOON POINT TO NEAR SMITH ISLAND TO NEAR SMITH
POINT, 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, SOUTHWEST MIDDLE GROUNDS, DEAL
ISLAND, AND CRISFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR UNTIL HAZARDOUS WEATHER PASSES.
LAT...LON 3791 7626 3794 7627 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 3789 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0211Z 294DEG 30KT 3816 7580 3793 7611 3784 7631
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
BRO
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