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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
802 PM EDT Thu Aug 20 2026

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...
  Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 802 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 6 nm west of Deal Island to Mouth Of The Potomac
  River to 17 nm northwest of Urbanna Inlet, moving southeast at 20
  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...
  Ewell, Point Lookout, Tangier Sound, Smith Island, Deep Hole, Mouth
  Of The Potomac River, Nanticoke River Mouth, Southwest Middle
  Grounds, and Deal Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM EDT for southern
Maryland...and the adjacent coastal waters.

Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3796 7641 3814 7627 3822 7612 3816 7609
      3817 7606 3815 7604 3817 7602 3821 7605
      3825 7591 3823 7589 3823 7582 3818 7595
      3813 7595 3814 7579 3808 7588 3806 7587
      3807 7579 3803 7587 3790 7591 3789 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 314DEG 20KT 3815 7608 3799 7634 3775 7682

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

$$

BRO