Special Marine Warning

SMWLWX

The National Weather Service in Sterling Virginia has issued a

* Special Marine Warning for... Tidal Potomac from Key Bridge to Indian Head MD...

* Until 900 PM EDT.

* At 729 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 14 nm northwest of Tidal Basin to 10 nm west of Key Bridge to 14 nm northwest of Mason Neck State Park, 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... Tidal Basin, Fort Washington, Reagan National Airport, Gunston Hall, Woodrow Wilson Bridge, Key Bridge, Fort Hunt, National Harbor, and Alexandria.