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... Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth Island...

At 1048 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 nm southeast of Taylors Island to 6 nm northwest of Honga River to near Hooper Island Light, moving east at 25 knots.

HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.

SOURCE...Observed wind.

IMPACT...Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel.

Locations impacted include... Honga River, Fishing Bay, Hooper Island Light, and Richland Point Buoy.