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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
625 PM EDT Sat Jul 18 2026

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...
  Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD...
  Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth
  Island...
  Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA...

* Until 830 PM EDT.

* At 625 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 9 nm southwest of Colonial Beach to 10 nm southwest
  of Westmoreland State Park to 19 nm southwest of Nomini Bay, moving
  east at 35 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...
  Hooper Island Light, Crisfield, Southwest Middle Grounds, Cuckold
  Creek, Ewell, Coltons Point, Coles Point, Saint George Island,
  Point No Point, The Targets, Richland Point Buoy, Greenwell State
  Park, Smith Island, Piney Point, Deep Hole, Mouth Of The Potomac
  River, Solomons Island, Nanticoke River Mouth, Town Creek, and
  Point Lookout.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 3793 7590 3792 7589 3792 7606 3791 7622
      3820 7686 3827 7684 3809 7631 3815 7636
      3840 7655 3834 7643 3845 7631 3822 7604
      3837 7599 3823 7597 3835 7586 3814 7596
      3806 7581 3808 7578 3807 7578
TIME...MOT...LOC 2225Z 255DEG 37KT 3813 7707 3802 7697 3787 7689

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

$$

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