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URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
215 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2026
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TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD-
PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR-
PATUXENT RIVER TO BROOMES ISLAND MD-
215 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2026
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...
..SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM EDT MONDAY
* WHAT...FOR THE FIRST SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO
15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 KT EXPECTED. FOR THE SECOND SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY, SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...TIDAL POTOMAC FROM KEY BRIDGE TO INDIAN HEAD MD,
PATAPSCO RIVER INCLUDING BALTIMORE HARBOR AND PATUXENT RIVER
TO BROOMES ISLAND MD.
* WHEN...FOR THE FIRST SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY, FROM NOON TODAY TO
7 PM EDT THIS EVENING. FOR THE SECOND SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY,
FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM EDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
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CHESAPEAKE BAY NORTH OF POOLES ISLAND MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM POOLES ISLAND TO SANDY POINT MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM SANDY POINT TO NORTH BEACH MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM NORTH BEACH TO DRUM POINT MD-
CHESAPEAKE BAY FROM DRUM POINT MD TO SMITH POINT VA-
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM INDIAN HEAD TO COBB ISLAND MD-
TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND MD TO SMITH POINT VA-
CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD-EASTERN BAY-
CHOPTANK RIVER TO CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER-
TANGIER SOUND AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH
ISLAND-
215 AM EDT SUN APR 12 2026
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT
MONDAY...
* WHAT...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 20 KT WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 KT EXPECTED.
* WHERE...TIDAL POTOMAC RIVER FROM INDIAN HEAD MD TO SMITH POINT
VA, CHESAPEAKE BAY MAIN CHANNEL NORTH OF SMITH POINT VA,
CHESTER RIVER TO QUEENSTOWN MD, EASTERN BAY, CHOPTANK RIVER TO
CAMBRIDGE MD AND THE LITTLE CHOPTANK RIVER, AND TANGIER SOUND
AND THE INLAND WATERS SURROUNDING BLOODSWORTH ISLAND.
* WHEN...FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM EDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS TO SMALL CRAFT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
INEXPERIENCED MARINERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE OPERATING SMALLER
VESSELS, SHOULD AVOID NAVIGATING IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS.
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