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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
228 AM EDT Tue Apr 1 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 430 AM EDT.

* At 228 AM EDT, gust fronts were located along a line extending from
  near Choptank River to near Solomons Island to near Yeocomico
  River, moving southeast at 40 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, Smith Island, Deep Hole, Nanticoke River
  Mouth, Southwest Middle Grounds, Ewell, Tangier Sound, Honga River,
  Point No Point, The Targets, Richland Point Buoy, Drum Point, and
  Deal Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are
expected.

&&

LAT...LON 3834 7643 3836 7624 3831 7622 3840 7623
      3840 7622 3823 7606 3822 7603 3830 7606
      3822 7582 3818 7595 3813 7595 3814 7579
      3809 7587 3808 7588 3808 7578 3807 7579
      3803 7587 3790 7591 3789 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0628Z 314DEG 39KT 3860 7626 3828 7645 3805 7660

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

$$

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