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Special Marine Warning
ActiveChesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD; Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD; Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD; Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA; Chester River to Queenstown MD
Status
In Progress
Started about 2 hours ago
Ends
Issued
Severity
Severe
Urgency
Immediate
Certainty
Likely
Details
For the following areas... Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA... Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD... Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD... Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD... Chester River to Queenstown MD... Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River... Eastern Bay... Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island...
At 635 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Indian Head to 6 nm north of Saint Clements Bay, 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... Choptank River, Hooper Island Light, Blackwalnut Point, Cuckold Creek, Greenbury Point, Highland Beach, Sandy Point State Park, Severn River, Bloody Point Light, Thomas Point Light, Calvert Cliffs, Poplar Island, Greenwell State Park, Solomons Island, Nanticoke River Mouth, Town Creek, Love Point, Naval Academy, Drum Point, and Honga River.
Data from the National Weather Service
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