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
637 PM EDT Thu Jul 31 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 745 PM EDT.

* At 637 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Deal Island,
  moving east at 15 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...
  Bivalve, Nanticoke River Mouth, and Deal Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 3813 7583 3808 7587 3809 7601 3813 7602
      3809 7603 3809 7612 3818 7609 3815 7603
      3820 7604 3819 7607 3825 7604 3828 7599
      3824 7595 3830 7594 3832 7589 3823 7590
      3823 7582 3819 7594 3813 7596
TIME...MOT...LOC 2237Z 265DEG 17KT 3815 7606

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

$$

BRO