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 900 PM EDT.
* At 757 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Cuckold
Creek, moving east 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...
Cuckold Creek, Greenwell State Park, Town Creek, Hooper Island
Light, Saint Leonard Creek, Drum Point, Flag Harbor, Calvert
Cliffs, and Solomons Island.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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HAIL...0.00IN;
WIND...>34KTS
