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
1206 AM EDT Fri Jun 27 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...
  Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River...
  Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD...
  Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth
  Island...

* Until 200 AM EDT.

* At 1206 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Saint
  Inigoes Creek, moving north at 10 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, Crisfield, Deep Hole, Nanticoke
  River Mouth, Southwest Middle Grounds, Cuckold Creek, Ewell,
  Tangier Sound, Drum Point, Honga River, Fishing Bay, Point No
  Point, Flag Harbor, Calvert Cliffs, The Targets, Bivalve, Richland
  Point Buoy, and Deal Island.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3829 7640 3839 7658 3834 7643 3835 7643
      3851 7652 3852 7635 3831 7623 3831 7622
      3839 7623 3822 7604 3836 7601 3831 7601
      3823 7597 3836 7586 3814 7596 3806 7580
      3808 7578 3790 7591 3789 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0406Z 176DEG 10KT 3810 7635

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

$$

KJP