Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
953 WHUS51 KLWX 302302 SMWLWX ANZ531-532-539-540-010030- /O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0102.240630T2302Z-240701T0030Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 702 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 2024 The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD... Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD... Chester River to Queenstown MD... Eastern Bay... * Until 830 PM EDT. * At 701 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Annapolis, moving east at 25 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... Parsons Island, Chester River, Eastern Bay, Chesapeake Beach, Greenbury Point, Miles River, Love Point, North Beach, Herring Bay, Highland Beach, Sandy Point State Park, Severn River, Romancoke, Bloody Point Light, Matapeake, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Thomas Point Light, Poplar Island, Kent Narrows Bridge, and Shady Side. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. && LAT...LON 3897 7625 3904 7631 3903 7631 3884 7638 3884 7637 3895 7631 3892 7631 3890 7630 3891 7630 3896 7625 3879 7619 3885 7627 3874 7634 3868 7655 3898 7649 3902 7641 3905 7646 3906 7623 3900 7617 TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 272DEG 27KT 3895 7658 HAIL...0.00IN WIND...>34KTS $$ BJL