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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
709 AM EDT Sat May 17 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...
  Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD...
  Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth
  Island...
  Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA...

* Until 815 AM EDT.

* At 708 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from Saint Clements Bay to near Yeocomico River to 7 nm
  southwest of Smith Point, moving east at 50 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, Southwest Middle Grounds, Cuckold
  Creek, Ewell, Saint George Island, Point No Point, Calvert Cliffs,
  The Targets, Richland Point Buoy, Saint Clements Bay, Smith Island,
  Piney Point, Mouth Of The Potomac River, Deep Hole, Solomons
  Island, Nanticoke River Mouth, Town Creek, Point Lookout, and
  Tangier Sound.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3825 7675 3807 7633 3839 7658 3834 7643
      3845 7647 3848 7633 3822 7604 3836 7601
      3831 7602 3823 7597 3836 7586 3823 7582
      3814 7596 3814 7579 3806 7580 3808 7578
      3807 7578 3790 7591 3789 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 1108Z 254DEG 48KT 3827 7674 3808 7652 3782 7638

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

$$

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