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Special Marine Warning

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Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA

Status In Progress Started about 1 hour ago
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Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

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SMWLWX
The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a
* Special Marine Warning for... Tidal Potomac from Cobb Island MD to Smith Point VA...
* Until 100 AM EDT.
* At 1126 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over White Point Beach, moving east at 15 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... Yeocomico River, Point Lookout, Tall Timbers, Coles Point, Piney Point, Mouth Of The Potomac River, Saint George Island, and Nomini Bay.
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