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Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
616 WHUS51 KLWX 010041 RRA SMWLWX ANZ533-534-541>543-010215- /O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0107.240701T0041Z-240701T0215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 841 PM EDT Sun Jun 30 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... * Until 1015 PM EDT. * At 840 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing waterspouts was located 9 nm northwest of Broomes Island, moving east at 25 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 60 knots and waterspouts. 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. Waterspouts can easily overturn boats and create locally hazardous seas. * Locations impacted include... Greenwell State Park, Hooper Island Light, Saint Leonard Creek, Deep Hole, Solomons Island, Cuckold Creek, Town Creek, Drum Point, Honga River, Fishing Bay, Dares Beach, Flag Harbor, James Island, Calvert Cliffs, The Targets, Richland Point Buoy, Bivalve, and Taylors Island. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected. && LAT...LON 3802 7615 3838 7658 3839 7658 3842 7652 3834 7643 3857 7653 3851 7626 3850 7633 3831 7623 3831 7622 3839 7623 3840 7623 3822 7604 3837 7601 3836 7601 3824 7597 3836 7586 3835 7586 TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 289DEG 26KT 3852 7671 WATERSPOUT...POSSIBLE HAIL...0.00IN WIND...48KTS $$ KJP