Special Marine Warning

For the following areas... Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island...

At 1207 AM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 16 nm east of Bivalve to near Northern Neck Reef, moving east at 30 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

SOURCE...Observed wind.

IMPACT...Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel.

Locations impacted include... Ewell, Point Lookout, Tangier Sound, Smith Island, Deep Hole, Fishing Bay, Richland Point Buoy, Nanticoke River Mouth, Bivalve, Southwest Middle Grounds, and Deal Island.