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...
* Until 1145 PM EDT.
* At 1044 PM EDT, showers were located along a line extending from 8
nm west of Broomes Island to Coltons Point, moving northeast at 30
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, 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