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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
658 PM EDT Thu Jul 4 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...
  Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth
  Island...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 658 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Point No Point to Mouth Of The Potomac River to
  near Longs Creek Inlet, moving east at 20 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Observed wind of 34 knots at Webster Field.

  IMPACT...Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by
           suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel.

* Locations impacted include...
  Hooper Island Light, Smith Island, Crisfield, Deep Hole, Nanticoke
  River Mouth, Southwest Middle Grounds, Ewell, Tangier Sound, Honga
  River, Fishing Bay, Point No Point, The Targets, Bivalve, Richland
  Point Buoy, and Deal Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3828 7640 3834 7617 3822 7603 3836 7601
      3836 7597 3832 7601 3824 7595 3836 7586
      3823 7582 3814 7596 3814 7579 3806 7587
      3807 7580 3808 7579 3808 7578 3790 7590
      3789 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 262DEG 20KT 3819 7637 3798 7629 3773 7633

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

$$

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