Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
1007 PM EDT Wed Jun 26 2024

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA...
  Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD...
  Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River...
  Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD...
  Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth
  Island...
  Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA...
  Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD...

* Until 1130 PM EDT.

* At 1007 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Coltons Point to Point No Point to near Fishing Bay,
  moving northeast at 10 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...
  Breton Bay, Hooper Island Light, Saint Inigoes Creek, Cuckold
  Creek, Coltons Point, Coles Point, Saint George Island, Point No
  Point, The Targets, Richland Point Buoy, Greenwell State Park,
  Saint Leonard Creek, Saint Clements Bay, Piney Point, Deep Hole,
  Solomons Island, Nanticoke River Mouth, Town Creek, Cobb Island,
  and Point Lookout.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are
expected.

&&

LAT...LON 3800 7645 3815 7661 3817 7685 3829 7687
      3825 7675 3849 7634 3849 7633 3831 7623
      3822 7604 3836 7601 3835 7601 3831 7602
      3823 7597 3836 7586 3826 7592 3823 7582
      3813 7596 3814 7579
TIME...MOT...LOC 0207Z 245DEG 8KT 3823 7676 3814 7630 3821 7602

HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$

KR