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
119 AM EDT Fri May 10 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...
  Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD...
  Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River...
  Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD...
  Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth
  Island...

* Until 245 AM EDT.

* At 118 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 nm north of
  Wicomico River, moving east at 45 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

  SOURCE...Observed wind gust of 41 knots at Baber Point.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Hooper Island Light, Solomons Island, Nanticoke River Mouth,
  Cuckold Creek, Town Creek, Drum Point, Honga River, Fishing Bay,
  Flag Harbor, James Island, Calvert Cliffs, The Targets, Bivalve,
  Richland Point Buoy, and Taylors Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3820 7639 3839 7658 3834 7643 3856 7653
      3856 7622 3850 7633 3831 7622 3832 7622
      3840 7623 3827 7615 3836 7601 3823 7605
      3835 7601 3831 7602 3836 7586 3823 7583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0518Z 266DEG 44KT 3837 7683

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

$$

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