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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; Chester River to Queenstown MD; Eastern Bay
Status
In Progress
Started about 1 hour ago
Ends
Issued
Severity
Severe
Urgency
Immediate
Certainty
Likely
Details
SMWLWX
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for... 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...
* Until 100 AM EDT.
* At 1158 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 10 nm northeast of Tidal Basin to 8 nm west of Deale to 9 nm west of Chesapeake Beach, moving east at 45 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts in excess of 48 knots.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Boaters could easily be thrown overboard by suddenly higher wind and waves capsizing their vessel. Boats could suffer significant damage in high winds.
* Locations impacted include... Choptank River, Kent Narrows Bridge, Chester River, Eastern Bay, Blackwalnut Point, Greenbury Point, Sandy Point State Park, Highland Beach, Severn River, Bloody Point Light, Thomas Point Light, Poplar Island, Parsons Island, Pinehurst, Knapps Narrows Bridge, Tilghman Island, Gibson Island, Love Point, Baltimore Light, and Dares Beach.
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