Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
089 WHUS51 KLWX 170049 SMWLWX ANZ530-531-538-170215- /O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0131.240717T0049Z-240717T0215Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 849 PM EDT Tue Jul 16 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 north of Pooles Island MD... Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor... * Until 1015 PM EDT. * At 849 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Havre De Grace to 7 nm northwest of Gunpowder River to 23 nm north of Key Bridge, moving east at 30 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... Turkey Point, North Point State Park, Fort Smallwood Park, Hart Miller Island, Tolchester Beach, Worton Point, Pooles Island, Spesutie Island, Gunpowder River, Northeast River, Sevenfoot Knoll, Havre De Grace, and Aberdeen Proving Ground. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. && LAT...LON 3959 7593 3949 7597 3954 7587 3945 7584 3940 7601 3937 7590 3936 7588 3937 7611 3915 7628 3915 7648 3926 7665 3925 7661 3923 7643 3946 7630 3948 7622 3937 7622 3945 7609 3954 7611 3960 7595 TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 274DEG 30KT 3961 7617 3949 7642 3929 7697 HAIL...0.00IN WIND...>34KTS $$ KR