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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
143 AM EDT Fri May 9 2025

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 215 AM EDT.

* At 142 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Raccoon
  Point, moving east at 20 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...
  Tangier Sound, Smith Island, Crisfield, Fishing Bay, Bivalve,
  Nanticoke River Mouth, Ewell, and Deal Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

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LAT...LON 3790 7591 3790 7604 3817 7602 3840 7623
      3822 7604 3837 7601 3836 7601 3823 7597
      3836 7586 3835 7586 3823 7582 3814 7596
      3814 7579 3806 7587 3807 7580 3807 7579
      3808 7578
TIME...MOT...LOC 0542Z 254DEG 22KT 3809 7576

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

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