Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
415 PM EST Fri Jan 3 2025

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for...
  Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD...
  Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD...
  Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River...
  Eastern Bay...
  Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth
  Island...

* Until 515 PM EST.

* At 414 PM EST, a snow squall located along a line extending from
  Herring Bay to 11 nm southeast of Fort Washington, moving east at
  35 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and visibility of one-
           quarter mile or less.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Choptank River, Knapps Narrows Bridge, Herring Bay, Tilghman
  Island, Blackwalnut Point, Dares Beach, James Island, Poplar
  Island, Taylors Island, Deale, and Shady Side.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3862 7624 3863 7624 3857 7631 3855 7621
      3849 7633 3838 7622 3850 7652 3881 7653
      3878 7632 3867 7634 3877 7631 3878 7630
      3878 7629 3871 7627 3876 7623 3868 7621
      3860 7605 3859 7605
TIME...MOT...LOC 2114Z 283DEG 34KT 3876 7656 3862 7682

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

$$

CJL