Special Marine Warning

For the following areas... Chesapeake Bay from Drum Point MD to Smith Point VA... Chesapeake Bay from North Beach to Drum Point MD... Choptank River to Cambridge MD and the Little Choptank River... Patuxent River to Broomes Island MD... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island...

At 459 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over U.S. 301 Nice Memorial Bridge, moving east 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... Greenwell State Park, Hooper Island Light, Saint Leonard Creek, Solomons Island, Cuckold Creek, Town Creek, Drum Point, Honga River, Dares Beach, James Island, Calvert Cliffs, Flag Harbor, Taylors Island, and Broomes Island.