Special Marine Warning

SMWLWX

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for... Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island...

* Until 700 PM EDT.

* At 604 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Deal Island, moving southwest 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... Deep Hole, Tangier Sound, Smith Island, Southwest Middle Grounds, and Deal Island.