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...
Tangier Sound and the inland waters surrounding Bloodsworth
Island...
* Until 245 AM EDT.
* At 118 AM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 nm north of
Wicomico River, moving east at 45 knots.
HAZARD...Wind gusts 34 knots or greater.
SOURCE...Observed wind gust of 41 knots at Baber Point.
IMPACT...Boaters in small craft could be thrown overboard by
suddenly higher winds and waves capsizing their vessel.
* Locations impacted include...
Hooper Island Light, Solomons Island, Nanticoke River Mouth,
Cuckold Creek, Town Creek, Drum Point, Honga River, Fishing Bay,
Flag Harbor, James Island, Calvert Cliffs, The Targets, Bivalve,
Richland Point Buoy, and Taylors Island.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to safe harbor until hazardous weather passes.
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HAIL...0.00IN;
WIND...>34KTS