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Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
503 WHUS51 KLWX 042120 SMWLWX ANZ537-042315- /O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0112.240704T2120Z-240704T2315Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 520 PM EDT Thu Jul 4 2024 The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA... * Until 715 PM EDT. * At 520 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Colonial Beach to 6 nm southwest of Westmoreland State Park to 21 nm southwest of Nomini Bay, moving east at 20 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... Yeocomico River, Breton Bay, Saint Clements Bay, Piney Point, Mouth Of The Potomac River, Cobb Island, Point Lookout, Tall Timbers, Coltons Point, Coles Point, Saint George Island, Wicomico River, and White Point Beach. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected. && LAT...LON 3797 7641 3801 7647 3803 7651 3807 7654 3811 7660 3815 7661 3817 7676 3817 7685 3829 7687 3827 7684 3823 7658 3814 7651 3809 7638 3805 7632 3801 7629 3791 7627 TIME...MOT...LOC 2120Z 270DEG 21KT 3829 7697 3809 7697 3788 7700 HAIL...0.00IN WIND...>34KTS $$ DHOF