Special Marine Warning

SMWLWX

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for... Chesapeake Bay from Pooles Island to Sandy Point MD... Chesapeake Bay from Sandy Point to North Beach MD... Chesapeake Bay north of Pooles Island MD... Chester River to Queenstown MD... Patapsco River including Baltimore Harbor...

* Until 530 PM EDT.

* At 357 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 21 nm west of Back River to 17 nm northeast of Tidal Basin to 9 nm northeast of Key Bridge, moving east at 30 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... Fort Smallwood State Park, Pinehurst, North Point State Park, Hart Miller Island, Magothy River, Gibson Island, Bodkin Point, Worton Point, Pooles Island, Love Point, Sandy Point State Park, Baltimore Light, Chesapeake Bay Bridge, and Sevenfoot Knoll.