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