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
641 PM EDT Thu May 22 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...

* Until 815 PM EDT.

* At 641 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Town Creek,
  moving east at 25 knots.

  HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater and small hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by
           suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel.

* Locations impacted include...
  Cuckold Creek, Hooper Island Light, Drum Point, Honga River,
  Fishing Bay, The Targets, Solomons Island, Bivalve, Richland Point
  Buoy, Nanticoke River Mouth, and Deal Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3820 7639 3841 7654 3834 7643 3843 7644
      3841 7628 3831 7622 3832 7622 3833 7621
      3839 7623 3840 7622 3822 7604 3836 7601
      3831 7601 3823 7597 3836 7586 3826 7592
      3823 7582 3814 7596 3806 7578
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 285DEG 26KT 3830 7651

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...>34KTS

$$

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