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... 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...

* Until 615 PM EDT.

* At 517 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 nm southeast of Fort Washington to 9 nm northeast of Port Tobacco River to near Popes Creek, moving southeast at 35 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, Dares Beach, James Island, Calvert Cliffs, Flag Harbor, The Targets, Richland Point Buoy, and Taylors Island.