Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
584 WHUS51 KLWX 290015 SMWLWX ANZ535-536-290115- /O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0056.240529T0015Z-240529T0115Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 815 PM EDT Tue May 28 2024 The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a * Special Marine Warning for... Tidal Potomac from Indian Head to Cobb Island MD... Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head MD... * Until 915 PM EDT. * At 815 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 15 nm northwest of Key Bridge to 13 nm west of Leesylvania State Park to 18 nm west of Aquia Creek, moving east at 30 knots. HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater. SOURCE...Dulles Airport. IMPACT...Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel. * Locations impacted include... Widewater, Leesylvania State Park, Smallwood State Park, National Harbor, Quantico, Fort Washington, Tidal Basin, Reagan National Airport, Gunston Hall, Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Indian Head, Occoquan Bay, Fort Hunt, and Alexandria. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes. && LAT...LON 3850 7733 3866 7724 3864 7720 3865 7716 3870 7720 3873 7706 3890 7707 3891 7705 3885 7700 3870 7700 3867 7708 3862 7709 3851 7724 3842 7724 3840 7732 TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 281DEG 28KT 3912 7723 3867 7751 3840 7773 HAIL...0.00IN WIND...>34KTS $$ CAS