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...
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 815 AM EDT.
* At 708 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Saint Clements Bay to near Yeocomico River to 7 nm
southwest of Smith Point, moving east at 50 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, Crisfield, Southwest Middle Grounds, Cuckold
Creek, Ewell, Saint George Island, Point No Point, Calvert Cliffs,
The Targets, Richland Point Buoy, Saint Clements Bay, Smith Island,
Piney Point, Mouth Of The Potomac River, Deep Hole, Solomons
Island, Nanticoke River Mouth, Town Creek, Point Lookout, and
Tangier Sound.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to safe harbor immediately as gusty winds and high waves are
expected.
&&
HAIL...0.00IN;
WIND...>34KTS
