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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Special Marine Warning
National Weather Service Baltimore MD/Washington DC
821 PM EDT Sat Jul 19 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...
  Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA...

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 821 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Calvert
  Cliffs, moving northeast at 15 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, Mouth Of
  The Potomac River, Nanticoke River Mouth, Southwest Middle Grounds,
  Ewell, Point Lookout, Tangier Sound, Saint George Island, Fishing
  Bay, Point No Point, James Island, Calvert Cliffs, The Targets,
  Bivalve, Richland Point Buoy, Flag Harbor, and Drum Point.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3802 7647 3813 7649 3807 7633 3808 7633
      3864 7654 3856 7621 3847 7633 3831 7623
      3823 7606 3822 7604 3836 7601 3831 7601
      3823 7597 3836 7586 3814 7596 3806 7580
      3808 7578 3790 7591 3789 7624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 224DEG 13KT 3840 7638 

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

$$

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