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
458 PM EDT Mon Apr 15 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...
  Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD...
  Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth
  Island...

* Until 630 PM EDT.

* At 458 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Solomons Island to near Town Creek to Breton Bay,
  moving southeast at 40 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 48 knots and large hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Boaters could easily be thrown overboard by suddenly
           higher wind and waves capsizing their vessel. Boats could
           suffer significant damage in high winds and hail.

* Locations impacted include...
  Hooper Island Light, Smith Island, Deep Hole, Solomons Island,
  Southwest Middle Grounds, Cuckold Creek, Ewell, Town Creek, Tangier
  Sound, Drum Point, Point No Point, The Targets, Richland Point
  Buoy, Deal Island, and Crisfield.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Boaters should seek safe harbor immediately until these storms pass.
Wind gusts in excess of 48 knots, large hail, high waves, dangerous
lightning, and heavy rain are possible with these storms.

&&

LAT...LON 3802 7584 3803 7587 3797 7590 3796 7586
      3790 7591 3790 7625 3825 7642 3829 7640
      3828 7647 3837 7652 3836 7642 3821 7605
      3816 7609 3818 7595 3813 7595 3814 7579
      3808 7588 3806 7587 3808 7578
TIME...MOT...LOC 2058Z 293DEG 41KT 3833 7642 3827 7654 3826 7669

HAIL...>.75IN
WIND...48KTS

$$

CJL
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