


Special Marine Warning
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
Issued by NWS Sterling, VA
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446 WHUS51 KLWX 081655 SMWLWX ANZ533-534-541>543-081845- /O.NEW.KLWX.MA.W.0242.251008T1655Z-251008T1845Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Special Marine Warning National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC 1255 PM EDT Wed Oct 8 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... 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 PM EDT. * At 1250 PM EDT, showers were located along a line extending from near Chesapeake Beach to near Broomes Island to 7 nm northeast of Wicomico River, moving southeast 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... Hooper Island Light, Crisfield, Saint Inigoes Creek, Southwest Middle Grounds, Cuckold Creek, Ewell, Point No Point, Calvert Cliffs, The Targets, Richland Point Buoy, Greenwell State Park, Smith Island, Deep Hole, Solomons Island, Nanticoke River Mouth, Town Creek, Point Lookout, Tangier Sound, Drum Point, and Honga River. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are expected. && LAT...LON 3790 7591 3792 7627 3840 7657 3834 7643 3853 7653 3861 7623 3847 7633 3822 7604 3836 7601 3831 7602 3823 7597 3836 7586 3814 7596 3814 7579 3807 7587 3806 7587 3806 7581 3808 7578 3807 7578 TIME...MOT...LOC 1650Z 319DEG 22KT 3862 7646 3846 7662 3836 7677 HAIL...0.00IN WIND...>34KTS $$ DHOF